bug#43294: 28: Combine name-spaces hi-lock and hl-line

[Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>]

Here a duplicate posting of several messages from the emacs-devel list so the
request doesn't get lost thereq. Should the project
decide to approve this and choose which to alias, I could do the
coding...

----- Forwarded message from Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com> -----

Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 13:51:47 -0400
From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
To: Emacs-Devel List <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: name-space consistency
User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716

Slightly apropos the current thread opening discussion of things that
could be done for emacs v28...

Here's an example of an annoying and persistently vexing name-space
inconsistency: to highlight based upon a regexp in a buffer, one uses
functions from package hi-lock (that a lower-case 'i', not an 'ell') and
to highlight the current line within a buffer one uses functions from
package hl-line (that's an 'ell', not a lower-case 'i').

Unless you use both often (or have a memory superior to mine), you're
bound to mis-type hl-lock or hi-line.

Would the project consider aliasing and deprecating one of those
name-spaces? Or breaking backward-compatibility and just refactoring
one?

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On 2020-09-06 21:04, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 13:51:47 -0400
> > From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
> >
> > Unless you use both often (or have a memory superior to mine), you're
> > bound to mis-type hl-lock or hi-line.
> >
> > Would the project consider aliasing and deprecating one of those
> > name-spaces? Or breaking backward-compatibility and just refactoring
> > one?
>
> The latter is out of the question.  The former can be done if there's
> enough support for it (but expect some dispute regarding which
> variant to prefer ;-).

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On 2020-09-06 14:50, Boruch Baum wrote:
> At this point, the 'measured' support on the list is 100%. If you accept
> and wait for the mail-in ballots, the final results could take months...
>

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