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bug#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-p
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Drew Adams |
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bug#9274: 24.0.50; doc string of `normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path' |
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Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:37:54 -0700 |
> > Anyway, this discussion is peripheral to this bug. The
> > name is monstrous, but it is unlikely that it will ever be changed...
>
> Why is that unlikely?
I can't really speak to whether it is unlikely or why it would be - I misspoke.
I should have said that my _guess_ is that it is unlikely.
And that guess is not based on any good reason I know of why it should not be
changed. On the contrary...
> What's wrong with adding a more sensible alias,
> optionally declaring the old name obsolete?
> Standard procedure, it's done every now and then.
Sounds good to me. And yes, it is.
> The question is whether the maintainers acknowledge the problem
> or not -- I for one don't use the function even though I've known
> about it for some time, but I know people who do use it, and the
> docstring suggests general usefulness. One more argument for
> "it's a lousy name".
Same here - on all accounts: Yes, that is the question. I haven't used it. But I
see it called out in recommendations here and there (e.g. the wiki) to users.