You can still use diameter(), but it now pops up a warning that says to use circumradius() or h() instead.
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*** Warning: CellType::diameter() has been deprecated in FEniCS version 2016.1.
*** It will (likely) be removed in the next FEniCS release.
*** Use CellType::circumradius() or CellType::h() instead.
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If you look at the most recent version of the adaptive_poisson demo, you will see that diameter() has been replaced by h().