From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: argument names for define-obsolete-*-alias Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:38:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1118706808 831 80.91.229.2 (13 Jun 2005 23:53:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 14 01:53:27 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhyk9-0001Yv-IB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2005 01:53:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhyp2-000457-NZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:58:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhyhl-0001ar-Kl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:50:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Dhyhb-0001WD-Sb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:50:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DhyhZ-0001RZ-D6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DhyXd-00076S-R4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:40:29 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1DhyVv-0003Dk-Um; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:38:44 -0400 Original-To: Juanma Barranquero In-reply-to: (message from Juanma Barranquero on Mon, 13 Jun 2005 01:30:12 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:38768 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:38768 Is everybody happy with the names of the `make-obsolete*' and `define-obsolete-*-alias' arguments? The alias being created is called FUNCTION or VARIABLE, and the symbol (or definition) being aliased, NEW. Now, I understand the rationale: NEW because it is the new, shinier name. I can see how this could be confusing. I suggest using names OLD-OBSOLETE-NAME and CURRENT-RECOMMENDED-NAME.