Index: wp-includes/comment.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/comment.php	(revision 19762)
+++ wp-includes/comment.php	(working copy)
@@ -430,65 +430,6 @@ function get_lastcommentmodified($timezone = 'server') {
 	return $lastcommentmodified;
 }
 
-/**
- * The amount of comments in a post or total comments.
- *
- * A lot like {@link wp_count_comments()}, in that they both return comment
- * stats (albeit with different types). The {@link wp_count_comments()} actual
- * caches, but this function does not.
- *
- * @since 2.0.0
- * @uses $wpdb
- *
- * @param int $post_id Optional. Comment amount in post if > 0, else total comments blog wide.
- * @return array The amount of spam, approved, awaiting moderation, and total comments.
- */
-function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
-	global $wpdb;
-
-	$post_id = (int) $post_id;
-
-	$where = '';
-	if ( $post_id > 0 ) {
-		$where = $wpdb->prepare("WHERE comment_post_ID = %d", $post_id);
-	}
-
-	$totals = (array) $wpdb->get_results("
-		SELECT comment_approved, COUNT( * ) AS total
-		FROM {$wpdb->comments}
-		{$where}
-		GROUP BY comment_approved
-	", ARRAY_A);
-
-	$comment_count = array(
-		"approved"              => 0,
-		"awaiting_moderation"   => 0,
-		"spam"                  => 0,
-		"total_comments"        => 0
-	);
-
-	foreach ( $totals as $row ) {
-		switch ( $row['comment_approved'] ) {
-			case 'spam':
-				$comment_count['spam'] = $row['total'];
-				$comment_count["total_comments"] += $row['total'];
-				break;
-			case 1:
-				$comment_count['approved'] = $row['total'];
-				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
-				break;
-			case 0:
-				$comment_count['awaiting_moderation'] = $row['total'];
-				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
-				break;
-			default:
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return $comment_count;
-}
-
 //
 // Comment meta functions
 //
Index: wp-includes/deprecated.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/deprecated.php	(revision 19762)
+++ wp-includes/deprecated.php	(working copy)
@@ -2864,3 +2864,65 @@ function is_blog_user( $blog_id = 0 ) {
 
 	return is_user_member_of_blog( get_current_user_id(), $blog_id );
 }
+
+/**
+ * The amount of comments in a post or total comments.
+ *
+ * A lot like {@link wp_count_comments()}, in that they both return comment
+ * stats (albeit with different types). The {@link wp_count_comments()} actual
+ * caches, but this function does not.
+ *
+ * @since 2.0.0
+ * @deprecated 3.4
+ * @deprecated Use wp_count_comments()
+ * @uses $wpdb
+ *
+ * @param int $post_id Optional. Comment amount in post if > 0, else total comments blog wide.
+ * @return array The amount of spam, approved, awaiting moderation, and total comments.
+ */
+function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.4', 'wp_count_comments()' );
+	global $wpdb;
+
+	$post_id = (int) $post_id;
+
+	$where = '';
+	if ( $post_id > 0 ) {
+		$where = $wpdb->prepare("WHERE comment_post_ID = %d", $post_id);
+	}
+
+	$totals = (array) $wpdb->get_results("
+		SELECT comment_approved, COUNT( * ) AS total
+		FROM {$wpdb->comments}
+		{$where}
+		GROUP BY comment_approved
+	", ARRAY_A);
+
+	$comment_count = array(
+		"approved"              => 0,
+		"awaiting_moderation"   => 0,
+		"spam"                  => 0,
+		"total_comments"        => 0
+	);
+
+	foreach ( $totals as $row ) {
+		switch ( $row['comment_approved'] ) {
+			case 'spam':
+				$comment_count['spam'] = $row['total'];
+				$comment_count["total_comments"] += $row['total'];
+				break;
+			case 1:
+				$comment_count['approved'] = $row['total'];
+				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
+				break;
+			case 0:
+				$comment_count['awaiting_moderation'] = $row['total'];
+				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
+				break;
+			default:
+				break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $comment_count;
+}