Why is Timer's "read_ms" method deprecated in the upcoming Mbed OS 6?

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To save time, make the source code more readable and avoid frustration with typos, for larger programs one can define macros for example as follows:

#include "mbed.h"

#define timer_read_f(x)     chrono::duration<float>((x).elapsed_time()).count()
#define timer_read_s(x)     chrono::duration_cast<chrono::seconds>((x).elapsed_time()).count();
#define timer_read_ms(x)    chrono::duration_cast<chrono::milliseconds>((x).elapsed_time()).count()
#define timer_read_us(x)    (x).elapsed_time().count()

int main() {
    Timer t;
    t.start();
    ThisThread::sleep_for(1s);
    t.stop();
    auto f = timer_read_f(t);
    auto s = timer_read_s(t);
    auto ms = timer_read_ms(t);
    auto us = timer_read_us(t);
    printf ("Timer time: %f s\n", f);
    printf ("Timer time: %llu s\n", s);
    printf ("Timer time: %llu ms\n", ms);
    printf ("Timer time: %llu us\n", us);
}
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