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Subject: Re: define-derived-mode again (was: Emacs design question)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:13:43 -0400
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    How about:

      (defalias 'define-major-mode 'define-derived-mode)

The two macros should not have the same calling convention.
define-major-mode should not have a parent argument.