I must stress, once again, that there is a difference between what a GUI
presents to the user and what actually occurs with the data.

The problem is when people insist that what is done with the data must be the
same as what is shown to the user.  It's wrong-headed and completely
unnecessary.

It is wrong-headed because it not only abuses the internal mechanism, it also
creates interoperability problems with other applications.  Every time some
program unilaterally changes data so that the data mirrors its GUI, it imposes
that change upon every other program which uses that data.  The result is a
mess.

It is completely unnecessary, since it is completely possible for a GUI to
present the trash interface to the user without using a trash mailbox.

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