diff --git a/llvm/__init__.py b/llvm/__init__.py
index fe57700..c07aa9c 100644
--- a/llvm/__init__.py
+++ b/llvm/__init__.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _extract_ptrs(objs):
 class LLVMException(Exception):
     pass
 
-def test(verbosity=1):
+def test(verbosity=3):
     """test(verbosity=1) -> TextTestResult
 
         Run self-test, and return the number of failures + errors
diff --git a/llvm/core.py b/llvm/core.py
index 73e33fd..650bb90 100644
--- a/llvm/core.py
+++ b/llvm/core.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import contextlib, weakref
 
 import llvm
 from llvm._intrinsic_ids import *
-
+from llvm.deprecated import deprecated
 from llvmpy import api
 
 #===----------------------------------------------------------------------===
@@ -2301,11 +2301,13 @@ class Builder(llvm.Wrapper):
         inst = self._ptr.Insert(malloc, name)
         return _make_value(inst)
 
-    def alloca(self, ty, name=""):
-        return _make_value(self._ptr.CreateAlloca(ty._ptr, None, name))
+    def alloca(self, ty, size=None, name=""):
+        sizeptr = size._ptr if size else None
+        return _make_value(self._ptr.CreateAlloca(ty._ptr, sizeptr, name))
 
+    @deprecated
     def alloca_array(self, ty, size, name=""):
-        return _make_value(self._ptr.CreateAlloca(ty._ptr, size._ptr, name))
+        return self.alloca(ty, size, name=name)
 
     def free(self, ptr):
         free = api.llvm.CallInst.CreateFree(ptr._ptr, self.basic_block._ptr)
diff --git a/llvm/deprecated.py b/llvm/deprecated.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98d695f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/deprecated.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""
+Shameless borrowed from Smart_deprecation_warnings
+https://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary
+"""
+
+import warnings
+import functools
+
+
+def deprecated(func):
+    """This is a decorator which can be used to mark functions
+    as deprecated. It will result in a warning being emitted
+    when the function is used."""
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def new_func(*args, **kwargs):
+        warnings.warn_explicit(
+            "Call to deprecated function {}.".format(func.__name__),
+            category=DeprecationWarning,
+            filename=func.func_code.co_filename,
+            lineno=func.func_code.co_firstlineno + 1
+        )
+        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    return new_func