> > The current documentation for these related functions uses different > > argument names which I think is confusing: > > I don't think it's confusing: > - `defvaralias' creates a variable alias. > Neither of the two variables is known to be "old" or "new" or "obsolete". > One is the "base", the other is the "alias". > - define-obsolete-variable-alias OTOH just *uses* defvaralias in one specific > context (in order to preserve backward compatibility witha now obsolete > variable), so the names can be more specific. > > > - Function: defvaralias variable new &optional docstring > > That would sound wrong to me: the documentation should generally refer to > what a function *does*, not to how the function is used.
Yes, you're right - I've been too narrow in my thinking. However, my first point was about using the same argument names in the manual and the documentation string. Would this not generally be a good idea? Nick _______________________________________________ Emacs-devel mailing list Emacs-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-devel
