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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: "14925@debbugs.gnu.org" <14925@debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#14925: [External] : Re: bug#14925: 24.3.50; `image-dired.el' code (minor)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 21:49:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB548872C50F44EF3DF915B429F3D29@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mtoqgghc.fsf@gnus.org>

> As for the other two points -- changing the names of all these dired
> commands -- I don't think the gain we get from more regular function
> names in this area outweighs the pain we'd inflict on users that may be
> using the old names.  So I'm closing this bug report.

Renaming and deprecation of the old names is the
right approach, IMO.  There's no reason that
something that's deprecated can't continue to be
supported forever, if you like.

Dired has very consistent command and argument
behaviors, especially when it comes to commands
that act on or are affected by marks.  It's a
pity to keep this wart - in the name of what
exactly?

It's trivial to make the renaming 100% painless
to all users of the old names - they'd just
continue to work, as long as you like. 

And what about changing the behavior of the ARG
argument?  Or if you don't change its behavior
to fit Dired, what about changing its name to
reflect what it does?





      reply	other threads:[~2021-09-06 21:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-21 19:37 bug#14925: 24.3.50; `image-dired.el' code (minor) Drew Adams
2013-07-21 19:54 ` Drew Adams
2013-07-25 19:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-07-26  1:02   ` Drew Adams
2013-07-26  5:31     ` Drew Adams
2021-09-06 10:12 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-06 21:49   ` Drew Adams [this message]

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