Re: font-lock-defaults-alist is obsolete but used

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Glenn Morris wrote:
> "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I'm sorry, but your expectation is just wrong. Under your scheme,
> things would go from "working" in one release to "not working" in the
> next. Instead, it's "working", "working with an obsolete warning",
> then at some point "not working".

There must be some misunderstanding. I do not expect the variable to be 
removed. I just expect that the Emacs code uses the new name for the 
variable.