Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
>
>> There seems to be overlap in the implementations and usage of
>> gnus-buffer-exists-p and gnus-buffer-live-p, as well as of gnus-buffers
>> and gnus-prune-buffers.
>>
>> The attached patch removes gnus-buffer-exists-p in favour of a modified
>> gnus-buffer-live-p, aliases gnus-prune-buffers to a simplified
>> gnus-buffers, and simplifies several call sites pertaining to buffer
>> liveness checking and killing.  WDYT?
>
> I've been running this most of today; nothing terrible has happened so
> far.

Thanks for testing.

> Can I suggest adding `gnus-buffer-exists-p' back in as a
> `define-obsolete-function-alias' for `gnus-buffer-live-p'?

Drats, I was hoping to get away with that one. ;)

> I assume that will work for macros.

Yes, so long as the macroexpansion sites are recompiled.

> Anyway, it would just be nicer for people who, ahem, have external
> packages that were using that function.

I could have sworn I checked GNU ELPA before removing it...  Probably
got mixed up with some other branch I had on the back-burner, sorry.

Updated patch attached.

Thanks,

-- 
Basil