From: "Štěpán Němec" <stepnem@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 'Andreas Schwab' <schwab@linux-m68k.org>, 9274@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path'
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:57:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vcu59jsa.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8491EA0175394F3E9696DB721F377469@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:34:46 -0700")
On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:34:46 +0200
Drew Adams wrote:
> Anyway, this discussion is peripheral to this bug. The name is monstrous, but
> it is unlikely that it will ever be changed...
Why is that unlikely? What's wrong with adding a more sensible alias,
optionally declaring the old name obsolete? Standard procedure, it's
done every now and then.
The question is whether the maintainers acknowledge the problem or not
-- I for one don't use the function even though I've known about it for
some time, but I know people who do use it, and the docstring suggests
general usefulness. One more argument for "it's a lousy name".
--
Štěpán
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-10 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-09 22:25 bug#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path' Drew Adams
2011-08-09 23:11 ` Štěpán Němec
2011-08-10 16:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-08-10 16:34 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-10 18:57 ` Štěpán Němec [this message]
2011-08-10 21:37 ` Drew Adams
2011-08-20 19:30 ` Chong Yidong
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