feat: deprecate some APIs toward v5

docs/previous-versions/zustand-v3-create-context.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ nav: 18
 A special `createContext` is provided since v3.5,
 which avoids misusing the store hook.
 
-> **Note**: This function will likely be deprecated in v4 and removed in v5.
+> **Note**: This function will be deprecated in v4 and removed in v5.
 
 ```jsx
 import create from 'zustand'

readme.md

@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ const unsub1 = useDogStore.subscribe(console.log)
 useDogStore.setState({ paw: false })
 // Unsubscribe listeners
 unsub1()
-// Destroying the store (removing all listeners)
-useDogStore.destroy()
 
 // You can of course use the hook as you always would
 const Component = () => {
@@ -222,19 +220,21 @@ const unsub5 = useDogStore.subscribe((state) => state.paw, console.log, {
 Zustand core can be imported and used without the React dependency. The only difference is that the create function does not return a hook, but the API utilities.
 
 ```jsx
-import create from 'zustand/vanilla'
+import createStore from 'zustand/vanilla'
 
-const store = create(() => ({ ... }))
-const { getState, setState, subscribe, destroy } = store
+const store = createStore(() => ({ ... }))
+const { getState, setState, subscribe } = store
+
+export default store
 ```
 
-You can even consume an existing vanilla store with React:
+You can use a vanilla store with `useStore` hook available since v4.
 
 ```jsx
-import create from 'zustand'
+import { useStore } from 'zustand'
 import vanillaStore from './vanillaStore'
 
-const useBoundStore = create(vanillaStore)
+const useBoundStore = (selector) => useStore(vanillaStore, selector)
 ```
 
 :warning: Note that middlewares that modify `set` or `get` are not applied to `getState` and `setState`.
@@ -477,8 +477,6 @@ const Component = () => {
   ...
 ```
 
-[Alternatively, a special createContext is provided.](./docs/previous-versions/zustand-v3-create-context.md)
-
 ## TypeScript Usage
 
 Basic typescript usage doesn't require anything special except for writing `create<State>()(...)` instead of `create(...)`...

src/context.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ type ExtractState<S> = S extends { getState: () => infer T } ? T : never
 
 type WithoutCallSignature<T> = { [K in keyof T]: T[K] }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use `createStore` and `useStore` for context usage
+ */
 function createContext<S extends StoreApi<unknown>>() {
+  if (__DEV__) {
+    console.warn(
+      '[DEPRECATED] zustand/context will be removed in the future version. Please use `import { createStore, useStore } from "zustand"` for context usage. See: https://github.com/pmndrs/zustand/discussions/1180'
+    )
+  }
   const ZustandContext = reactCreateContext<S | undefined>(undefined)
 
   const Provider = ({

src/react.ts

@@ -61,10 +61,18 @@ type Create = {
   <T>(): <Mos extends [StoreMutatorIdentifier, unknown][] = []>(
     initializer: StateCreator<T, [], Mos>
   ) => UseBoundStore<Mutate<StoreApi<T>, Mos>>
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use `useStore` hook to bind store
+   */
   <S extends StoreApi<unknown>>(store: S): UseBoundStore<S>
 }
 
 const createImpl = <T>(createState: StateCreator<T, [], []>) => {
+  if (__DEV__ && typeof createState !== 'function') {
+    console.warn(
+      '[DEPRECATED] Passing a vanilla store will be unsupported in the future version. Please use `import { useStore } from "zustand"` to use the vanilla store in React.'
+    )
+  }
   const api =
     typeof createState === 'function' ? createStore(createState) : createState
 

src/vanilla.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ export interface StoreApi<T> {
   setState: SetStateInternal<T>
   getState: () => T
   subscribe: (listener: (state: T, prevState: T) => void) => () => void
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use `unsubscribe` returned by `subscribe`
+   */
   destroy: () => void
 }
 
@@ -85,7 +88,15 @@ const createStoreImpl: CreateStoreImpl = (createState) => {
     return () => listeners.delete(listener)
   }
 
-  const destroy: StoreApi<TState>['destroy'] = () => listeners.clear()
+  const destroy: StoreApi<TState>['destroy'] = () => {
+    if (__DEV__) {
+      console.warn(
+        '[DEPRECATED] The destroy method will be unsupported in the future version. You should use unsubscribe function returned by subscribe. Everything will be garbage collected if store is garbage collected.'
+      )
+    }
+    listeners.clear()
+  }
+
   const api = { setState, getState, subscribe, destroy }
   state = createState(setState, getState, api)
   return api as any