Because it's more general. "Last" implies that it's not possible to modify prior messages, which is not explicitly prohibited by the specification, nor should it be. For that reason, "last" is not as clear as "previous", and is perhaps even confusing.
Regards, Ben Langfeld On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Ben Langfeld <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've been meaning to do this for a while. +1 >> >> One suggestion though: A modification to the wording from "last >> message" to "previous message". > > We *could* do that, but any reason? Last isn't an incorrect word to use here. > > /K >
