https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160686

--- Comment #26 from Eyal Rozenberg <eyalr...@gmx.com> ---
(In reply to Cor Nouws from comment #25)
> If you don't even notice that people describe use cases, how can we then
> help?

My point is, that when one actually spells out a supposed use case for these
styles - either the use case is reasonable/common, but then - the pair of
styles don't fit the use case on a closer inspection; or the use case is
convoluted and contrived, in which case it does not merit to have a pair of
styles pre-defined for it.

With David's use case, it has been the second option: As we examined the
behavior of the two page styles, and David verified that this behavior is his
use case (well, I'll take him at his word anyway) - it became clear it is a
niche and rather weird use case, with inconsistently-styled blank-page inserts,
sometimes without the user having requested them.

The contrivance is more obvious when one considers RTL documents, or documents
which are partly RTL and partly LTR, where some simplifying assumptions cannot
be made. Realizing this fact made Regina and Heiko suggest "salvaging" this
pair of styles as "odd" and "even" - but here too: If one spells out that use
case fully, one reaches the same dichotomy.

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