Link to issue number:

None

Summary of the issue:

Some braille related code was marked to be removed from NVDA 2024.1 (see changelog entries)

Description of user facing changes

None, as code is already written to be disabled in 2024.1.

Description of development approach

Removed the deprecated code.

Testing strategy:

• Run from source with braille enabled.

Known issues with pull request:

None known

Change log entries:

Deprecations:

• braille.BrailleHandler.handlePendingCaretUpdate has been removed with no public replacement. (Update braille independently on caret #15163)
• bdDetect.addUsbDevices and bdDetect.addBluetoothDevices have been removed. Braille display drivers should implement the registerAutomaticDetection classmethod instead. That method receives a DriverRegistrar object on which the addUsbDevices and addBluetoothDevices methods can be used. (Allow excluding display drivers from automatic detection #15200)
• The default implementation of the check method on BrailleDisplayDriver now requires both the threadSafe and supportsAutomaticDetection attributes to be set to True. (Allow excluding display drivers from automatic detection #15200)
• Passing lambda functions to hwIo.ioThread.IoThread.queueAsApc is no longer possible, as functions should be weakly referenceable. (Follow up of #14312: ensure IO completion routines and waitable timers are safe #14627)
• IoThread.autoDeleteApcReference has been removed. (Use a single APC and completion routine #14924)

Code Review Checklist:

• Pull Request description:
  • description is up to date
  • change log entries
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Documentation:
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• Security precautions taken.