lib: promote process.binding/_tickCallback to runtime deprecation by jasnell · Pull Request #50687

lib: promote process.binding/_tickCallback to runtime deprecation by jasnell · Pull Request #50687 · nodejs/node

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These have been pendingDeprecation for long enough.

This also adds the `--deprecated-process-binding` (and matching
`--no-deprecated-process-binding`) CLI option as a future transition
path for when we do ultimately remove `process.binding()`.

`--deprecated-process-binding` ensures that `process.binding(...)`
is available and is currently the default. In the future, when we
are ready to begin moving `process.binding(...)` to EOF, we can
flip the default so that `process.binding('...')` is unavailable
by default *but still able to be switched back on if necessary*,
giving users an escape hatch if they really need it. This will give
us a more nuanced path than abruptly removing it completely.

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