Deprecate 'args' parameter

Closes #272 (closed)

Followup from !279 (closed), but docs are built and deployed to testing env

changed milestone to %Kwant 1.4

This is based on !278 (merged), so that should be (fast-forward) merged first.

Commit messages to be cleaned up

closed

reopened

mentioned in merge request !279 (closed)

added 8 commits

• b7c38eaf - 1 commit from branch master
• 8b5a62ca - apply 'binding' compiler directive to hamiltonian_submatrix
• 143dbdfc - declare 'args' deprecation in 'whatsnew'
• 5d1f90fe - create decorator
• 4307ad9f - apply deprecation decorator
• 9a54885a - add deprecation to docstrings
• f2ec5875 - replace 'args' with 'params' in tests
• e4b1b96b - suppress deprecation warnings in tests

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added 8 commits

• e4b1b96b...e9557cf7 - 3 commits from branch master
• fa02680f - declare 'args' as deprecated in whatsnew
• d3797e57 - implement decorator for deprecating function parameters
• 47447ea1 - apply deprecation decorator to all functions that take 'args'
• 3c99c29e - replace usages of 'args' with 'params' in tests
• 7134136e - replace all references to 'args' with 'params' in tutorial

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unmarked as a Work In Progress

assigned to @anton-akhmerov

resolved all discussions

assigned to @cwg

@cwg or @anton-akhmerov please leave a short reply if you'd like to look into this in detail, otherwise thumbs up so I know I can merge.

added 4 commits

• da67ff86 - implement decorator for deprecating function parameters
• 0cc83115 - apply deprecation decorator to all functions that take 'args'
• c0db02da - replace usages of 'args' with 'params' in tests
• d44ecee2 - replace all references to 'args' with 'params' in tutorial

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mentioned in issue #275 (closed)

mentioned in commit 5fa767d1

merged