How can I mark a type or member deprecated in an assembly that I do not control?

Question

Example. My colleagues should no longer use it Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection, and I would like the build process to point them to the type of replacement. This is similar to the case ObsoleteAttribute, except that I cannot set the attributes in Microsoft.VisualBasic.Collection. Is there a way to achieve something like this (exception / prohibition of the type of frame or member for some project) without resorting to ugly hacks.

If not, what hacks?

Update: Visual Studio 2017 CE

Answer 1

This does not apply ObsoleteAttribute- it means that Microsoft intends to remove this class.

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