# File lib/twitter/client/user.rb, line 185
      def friends(*args)
        warn "#{caller.first}: [DEPRECATION] #friends is deprecated as it will only return information about users who have Tweeted recently. It is not a functional way to retrieve all of a users followers. Instead of using this method use a combination of #friend_ids and #users."
        options = {:cursor => -1}
        options.merge!(args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {})
        user = args.first
        if user
          merge_user_into_options!(user, options)
          response = get('1/statuses/friends', options)
        else
          response = get('1/statuses/friends', options)
        end
        format.to_s.downcase == 'xml' ? response['users_list'] : response
      end