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Subject: Re: interactive-p and called-interactively-p
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    > It would have been far better to just add an optional argument to
    > `interactive-p' than to create a new, similarly named function.

    Agreed.  Any objection?

I object.  Two different names makes it easier to remember the
difference.  An argument would be harder to remember.

The name `called-interactively-p' is good because
it relates to the use of `interactive'.  The name `interactive-p'
is confusing because it does NOT relate.

Perhaps we should make the name `interactive-p' obsolete
and make a new name, `from-user-input-p'.  This will eliminate
the confusion completely.