feat($timeout): add $timeout service that supersedes $defer

$timeout has a better name ($defer got often confused with something related to $q) and
is actually promise based with cancelation support.

With this commit the $defer service is deprecated and will be removed before 1.0.

Closes #704, #532

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ng/defer.js b/src/ng/defer.js
index f2a893bc..b5dc8844 100644
--- a/src/ng/defer.js
+++ b/src/ng/defer.js
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 /**
  * @ngdoc function
  * @name angular.module.ng.$defer
+ * @deprecated Made obsolete by $timeout service. Please migrate your code. This service will be
+ *   removed with 1.0 final.
  * @requires $browser
  *
  * @description
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@
  * @returns {boolean} Returns `true` if the task hasn't executed yet and was successfuly canceled.
  */
 function $DeferProvider(){
-  this.$get = ['$rootScope', '$browser', function($rootScope, $browser) {
+  this.$get = ['$rootScope', '$browser', '$log', function($rootScope, $browser, $log) {
+    $log.warn('$defer service has been deprecated, migrate to $timeout');
+
     function defer(fn, delay) {
       return $browser.defer(function() {
         $rootScope.$apply(fn);