Deprecate C++ TimeColumn::from_sequence_points in favor of `TimeColum…

…n::from_sequence`

docs/snippets/all/archetypes/image_send_columns.cpp

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int main() {
     // Send all images at once.
     rec.send_columns(
         "images",
-        rerun::TimeColumn::from_sequence_points("step", std::move(times)),
+        rerun::TimeColumn::from_sequence("step", std::move(times)),
         rerun::Image().with_many_buffer(std::move(image_data)).columns()
     );
 }

docs/snippets/all/archetypes/scalar_send_columns.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ int main() {
     // Serialize to columns and send.
     rec.send_columns(
         "scalars",
-        rerun::TimeColumn::from_sequence_points("step", std::move(times)),
+        rerun::TimeColumn::from_sequence("step", std::move(times)),
         rerun::Scalar().with_many_scalar(std::move(scalar_data)).columns()
     );
 }

rerun_cpp/src/rerun/time_column.hpp

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ namespace rerun {
         /// Make sure the sorting status is correctly specified.
         /// \param sorting_status The sorting status of the sequence points.
         /// Already sorted time points may perform better.
+        ///
+        /// \deprecated Use `from_sequence` instead.
+        [[deprecated("Use `from_sequence` instead.")]]
         static TimeColumn from_sequence_points(
             std::string timeline_name, Collection<int64_t> sequence_points,
             SortingStatus sorting_status = SortingStatus::Unknown
@@ -80,6 +83,24 @@ namespace rerun {
             );
         }
 
+        /// Creates a time column from an array of sequence points.
+        ///
+        /// \param timeline_name The name of the timeline this column belongs to.
+        /// \param sequence_points The sequence points.
+        /// Make sure the sorting status is correctly specified.
+        /// \param sorting_status The sorting status of the sequence points.
+        /// Already sorted time points may perform better.
+        static TimeColumn from_sequence(
+            std::string timeline_name, Collection<int64_t> sequence_points,
+            SortingStatus sorting_status = SortingStatus::Unknown
+        ) {
+            return TimeColumn(
+                Timeline(std::move(timeline_name), TimeType::Sequence),
+                std::move(sequence_points),
+                sorting_status
+            );
+        }
+
         /// Creates a time column from an array of nanoseconds.
         ///
         /// \param timeline_name The name of the timeline this column belongs to.