From d66f81d2e1ed386a89e36c0bf77b789d0893fe5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Nicols <andrew@nicols.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 13:47:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-78168 mod_assign: Deprecate assign_files::preprocess

---
 mod/assign/renderable.php | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mod/assign/renderable.php b/mod/assign/renderable.php
index bd9417c1171..af8af552046 100644
--- a/mod/assign/renderable.php
+++ b/mod/assign/renderable.php
@@ -734,10 +734,7 @@ class assign_files implements renderable {
                 $button->reset_formats();
                 $this->portfolioform = $button->to_html(PORTFOLIO_ADD_TEXT_LINK);
             }
-
         }
-
-        $this->preprocess($this->dir, $filearea, $component);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -746,9 +743,11 @@ class assign_files implements renderable {
      * @param array $dir
      * @param string $filearea
      * @param string $component
+     * @deprecated since Moodle 4.3
      */
     public function preprocess($dir, $filearea, $component) {
         // Nothing to do here any more.
+        debugging('The preprocess method has been deprecated since Moodle 4.3.', DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
     }
 
     /**