Re: replacement of find-file-not-found-hooks

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:41:12 +0000
> 
> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:
> 
> >>>> "SK" == Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> >>> Should we make the old name `find-file-not-found-hooks' an alias for
> >>> `find-file-not-found-functions'?  Perhaps make it obsolete now, and
> >>> rename it in version 32?
> >
> >> It was declared obsolete (with `define-obsolete-variable-alias') already
> >> in Emacs version 22.1, and it was subsequently removed in Emacs 29.1.
> >
> > Let me add some comments, as a very-long-time user.
> >
> > The problem I encountered has to do with auto-insert-tkld.el a package
> > that dates back to 1988, and still works and does the job it was
> > designed for.
> 
> When loading or compiling this file, did you encounter warnings that it
> was using obsolete variables?

Indeed.  We leave these obsolete aliases for several major releases to
give people enough time to pay attention to those obsolescence
warnings, and change their code before the obsolete
variables/functions are actually deleted.