def METHOD_NAME():
    """
    Request a stop in the simulation without a complete stop.  Will stop
    after the next auto-pause-and-resume cycle.
    .. deprecated:: 7.0
        Use
        :py:class:`spynnaker.pyNN.external_devices` instead.
    """
    moved_in_v7("spynnaker8.external_devices",
                "spynnaker.pyNN.external_devices")
    moved_code.METHOD_NAME()