From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: 6675@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6675: 23.2; field, header and headers
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:15:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m339is85zi.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1vd8a7jf6.fsf@cam.ac.uk> (Leo's message of "Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:32:13 +0100")
tags 6775 wontfix
close 6775
thanks
Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
> However in function names and arguments in message.el and Gnus, header
> usually means 'field' and headers means 'header'. Sometimes field is
> used directly to mean 'field' as in message-fetch-field.
>
> I find this inconsistency confusing. I think message.el and Gnus should
> follow the same terminology used in the RFCs mentioned above and other
> files, for example those in mail/, in Emacs to be consistent with their
> use of 'field' and 'header'.
Yes, it's unfortunate that (especially older) functions in Gnus use
"field" where we really mean "header", but changing function names and
breaking third-party code for consistency here isn't worth it.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-30 0:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-20 6:32 bug#6675: 23.2; field, header and headers Leo
2010-07-20 9:06 ` Štěpán Němec
2010-07-20 20:29 ` Leo
2011-06-30 0:15 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-06-30 2:28 ` Kevin Rodgers
2011-06-30 2:34 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-06-30 3:14 ` Glenn Morris
2011-06-30 10:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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