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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 ;-)



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