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bug#59745: 26.3; Rename `string-collate-lessp' to respect the convention
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Eli Zaretskii |
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bug#59745: 26.3; Rename `string-collate-lessp' to respect the convention |
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Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:50:01 +0200 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: "59745@debbugs.gnu.org" <59745@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2022 17:54:43 +0000
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> `string-lessp' in fact illustrates what I said:
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> "Every such misnaming encourages others, as
> people tend to base new names on names they
> see for existing things."
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> Exactly that - you're now citing `string-lessp'
> as a precedent. It's an easy, slippery slope.
Yes. The manual says how things should be done. Life(TM) sometimes
diverges.