Re: font-lock-defaults-alist is obsolete but used

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Glenn Morris wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" wrote:
>
> > The variable above is marked as obsolete but used in font-core.el. 
> > Should it be that way?
>
> Obviously even obsolete variables have to be used _somewhere_, else
> they are not just obsolete but totally useless. Can you elaborate on
> your question?

The variable is marked obsolete in the same file where it is used. I 
would expect that the new name where used in that file instead of the old.

I would even expect the new name to be used everywhere in Emacs, leaving 
the old obsolete name only to external packages to use.