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bug#8569: 24.0.50; overlay arrow
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#8569: 24.0.50; overlay arrow |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 07:07:55 -0700 |
> I think changing this would be of little practical benefit,
> and would break third-party usages. So I'm closing this report.
As I said, you can keep the old names as well (aliased) and just not advertise
them or use them anymore. No third-party code would break in that case.
These misleading names are a source of confusion, especially for new users.
There is _zero_ reason that they should have `overlay' in the name. I hear no
one saying that the names are anything other than misleading.
One thing important about Emacs is that you can pretty easily find functions,
variables, etc. related to a given object type by just using `apropos'. Someone
looking for overlay stuff should not be finding these names.