From 6a5d0aa8de1e51d248a26f0d9258bae3a142d48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh <harshmastic@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:30:49 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Mark array() method as deprecated with warning message

---
 src/math/p5.Vector.js | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/math/p5.Vector.js b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
index a9e76f0075..1c706fc447 100644
--- a/src/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -2939,6 +2939,7 @@ class Vector {
   /**
    * Returns the vector's components as an array of numbers.
    *
+   * @deprecated
    * @return {Number[]} array with the vector's components.
    * @example
    * <div class = "norender">
@@ -2954,6 +2955,10 @@ class Vector {
    * </div>
    */
   array() {
+    p5._friendlyError(
+      'array() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of p5.js.',
+      'p5.Vector.array'
+    );
     return [this.x || 0, this.y || 0, this.z || 0];
   }
 
@@ -3784,11 +3789,16 @@ class Vector {
    * method to copy into your own vector.
    */
   /**
+   * @deprecated
    * @static
    * @param  {p5.Vector} v the vector to convert to an array
    * @return {Number[]} an Array with the 3 values
    */
   static array(v) {
+    p5._friendlyError(
+      'array() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of p5.js.',
+      'p5.Vector.array'
+    );
     return v.array();
   }
 

From 54eb074aeaa1c5c7992f0e49c8df4c66d92d8576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harsh <harshmastic@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:21:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add suggested changes

---
 src/math/p5.Vector.js | 23 +++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/math/p5.Vector.js b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
index f9a3d4ab3c..3557b0f1d6 100644
--- a/src/math/p5.Vector.js
+++ b/src/math/p5.Vector.js
@@ -2934,6 +2934,9 @@ class Vector {
     return this.sub(surfaceNormalCopy.mult(2 * this.dot(surfaceNormalCopy)));
   }
 
+  _showArrayDeprecationWarning() {
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the vector's components as an array of numbers.
    *
@@ -2953,10 +2956,7 @@ class Vector {
    * </div>
    */
   array() {
-    p5._friendlyError(
-      'array() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of p5.js.',
-      'p5.Vector.array'
-    );
+    this._showArrayDeprecationWarning();
     return [this.x || 0, this.y || 0, this.z || 0];
   }
 
@@ -3792,10 +3792,6 @@ class Vector {
    * @return {Number[]} an Array with the 3 values
    */
   static array(v) {
-    p5._friendlyError(
-      'array() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of p5.js.',
-      'p5.Vector.array'
-    );
     return v.array();
   }
 
@@ -3910,6 +3906,17 @@ function vector(p5, fn) {
    */
   p5.Vector = Vector;
 
+  let arrayDeprecationWarningShown = false;
+  Vector.prototype._showArrayDeprecationWarning = function() {
+    if (p5._friendlyError && !arrayDeprecationWarningShown) {
+      p5._friendlyError(
+        'array() is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of p5.js.',
+        'p5.Vector.array'
+      );
+      arrayDeprecationWarningShown = true;
+    }
+  };
+
   /**
    * The x component of the vector
    * @type {Number}