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Re: Renaming some functions
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: Renaming some functions |
Date: |
Mon, 04 May 2020 17:25:57 +0300 |
> From: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 22:59:39 -0400
>
> >> multibyte-string-p => string-multibyte-p
> >>
> >> Any objection?
> >
> > We are not renaming anything, we are discussing aliases that could
> > make discoverability easier.
>
> Yes, and a general discussion is pointless (because I'm not interested
> in a general renaming. Only in a few specific ones). Hence this specific
> proposition which should be considered in isolation.
You want to actually rename this? Then you know the drill: leave the
old name as an obsolete alias, wait for 10 years, then remove the
alias.
However, based on what Richard wrote, maybe we should have both of
these functions ;-)
Re: Renaming some functions, Richard Stallman, 2020/05/03