Re: On removing some obsolete code from subr and core

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2016 23:24:15 -0500
> From: Mark Oteiza <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> > > > For removed symbols, bringing back the ones that are still needed is
> > > > easy.  But what do we do with the default-FOO variables, once the
> > > > machinery for their generation is removed?
> > > 
> > > I am guessing this is referring to my erroneous comment on
> > > buffer_defaults, as opposed to removing the DEFVAR_BUFFER_DEFAULTS
> > > macro.
> > 
> > No, it referred to the DEFVAR_BUFFER_DEFAULTS macro and its users.
> 
> Ok, so we do nothing, then.  The default-FOO variables go away.  They
> are the only users of DEFVAR_BUFFER_DEFAULTS, so that macro can also go.

I meant what happens if we for some reason need to reinstate some of
them?