Merge pull request #3815 from zm711/fix3814

Fix error message and pass through function for generating `NumpySorting`

Author: alejoe91

src/spikeinterface/core/numpyextractors.py

@@ -367,12 +367,20 @@ def from_times_and_labels(times_list, labels_list, sampling_frequency, unit_ids=
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_times_labels(times_list, labels_list, sampling_frequency, unit_ids=None) -> "NumpySorting":
+        warning_msg = (
+            "`from_times_labels` is deprecated and will be removed in 0.104.0. Note this function requires"
+            "samples rather than times so should not be used for clarity purposes. For those working in samples please"
+            "use `from_samples_and_labels` instead. For those working in time units (seconds) please use "
+            "`from_times_and_labels` instead."
+        )
+
         warnings.warn(
-            "from_times_labels is deprecated and will be removed in 0.104.0, use from_sample_and_labels instead",
+            warning_msg,
             DeprecationWarning,
             stacklevel=2,
         )
-        return NumpySorting.from_times_and_labels(times_list, labels_list, sampling_frequency, unit_ids)
+        # despite the naming of the original function this required samples
+        return NumpySorting.from_samples_and_labels(times_list, labels_list, sampling_frequency, unit_ids)
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_unit_dict(units_dict_list, sampling_frequency) -> "NumpySorting":