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From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: 6675@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6675: 23.2; field, header and headers
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:28:13 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <iugmv8$7kv$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m339is85zi.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org>

On 6/29/11 6:15 PM, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> tags 6775 wontfix
> close 6775
> thanks
>
> Leo<sdl.web@gmail.com>  writes:
>
>> However in function names and arguments in message.el and Gnus, header
>> usually means 'field' and headers means 'header'. Sometimes field is
>> used directly to mean 'field' as in message-fetch-field.
>>
>> I find this inconsistency confusing. I think message.el and Gnus should
>> follow the same terminology used in the RFCs mentioned above and other
>> files, for example those in mail/, in Emacs to be consistent with their
>> use of 'field' and 'header'.
>
> Yes, it's unfortunate that (especially older) functions in Gnus use
> "field" where we really mean "header", but changing function names and
> breaking third-party code for consistency here isn't worth it.

defalias + make-obsolete = define-obsolete-function-alias

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA






  reply	other threads:[~2011-06-30  2:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-07-20  6:32 bug#6675: 23.2; field, header and headers Leo
2010-07-20  9:06 ` Štěpán Němec
2010-07-20 20:29   ` Leo
2011-06-30  0:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-06-30  2:28   ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
2011-06-30  2:34     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-06-30  3:14   ` Glenn Morris
2011-06-30 10:56     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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