Re: master baf331e 3/3: Rename replace-in-string to string-replace

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:41:02 -0700 (PDT), Drew Adams 
>>>>> <drew.adams@oracle.com> said:

    Stefan> Or (define-obsolete-function-alias 'replace-regexp-in-string
    Stefan> #'string-replace-regexp "28.1")
    >> 
    >> Obsoleting such a commonly used function just because we have an
    >> additional name for it would cause lots of needless warnings in
    >> perfectly fine elisp. e.g., just because we have 'first' is not a
    >> reason to declare 'car' obsolete.

    Drew> Where's your modernism spirit, Robert?

People who wish to have modernism in Emacs are welcome to add it, even
by default, as long as there's an 'enable cantankerous oldtimer mode'
variable.

Robert
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