emberjs/ember.js — pull request #4628 by mixonic (2014-03-31 01:25:00+00:00)
Title: Deprecate Mixin#without

`Mixin#without` should be removed in a future version of Ember.

* At its best, it provides functionality that is extremely un-expected.
* Its use is uncommon in the wild (one issue https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/search?q=Mixin.without&type=Issues, and I have met no-one who knew of it prior to #4439)
* It is not well tested, and likely has bad behavior in edge cases (see #4439).
* Maintenance has a cost.

/cc @kselden @jayphelps @rjackson