On 6/13/05, Nick Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> NEW is an argument, not part of the function name, so I wouldn't expect
> it to create a new symbol.

I don't understand this.

> These functions/macros are also defined in
> XEmacs with similar argument names which makes it clearer that they
> really do the same thing.

In which way being the same on XEmacs makes it clearer what they mean? :-)

> I think these are confusing. OBSOLETE and CURRENT would only be
> obsolete and current _after_ the function/macro has been evaluated.
> Maybe FROM and TO would work.

Whatever works.

> On a related note, I find the arguments for defvaralias and defalias more
> confusing than those for define-obsolete-*-alias.

For me is just the opposite.

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                    /L/e/k/t/u


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