Re: Suggestion to have highlight related bindings consistent between search-map and hi-lock-map

[Stefan Monnier]

> Do we have a 2-step deprecation process where the first step
> is to warn the users about the planned changes by issuing
> a message like “use the new key instead” like we do with
> ‘define-obsolete-function-alias’ and ‘make-obsolete-variable’?

No, for key-bindings we just make the change, since we don't pay nearly
as much attention to breaking "user compatibility" (which can be fixed
with a define-key in ~/.emacs).
OTOH if the change ends up breaking third-party packages it might be
more problematic.


        Stefan