Re: Delete variables obsolete since Emacs 23

[Gregory Heytings]

> > > The elisp manual says:
> > >
> > > You can mark a named function as "obsolete", meaning that it may be 
> > > removed at some point in the future.  This causes Emacs to warn that 
> > > the function is obsolete whenever it byte-compiles code containing 
> > > that function, and whenever it displays the documentation for that 
> > > function. In all other respects, an obsolete function behaves like any 
> > > other function.
> >
> > The phrase "may be removed" seems a bit vague.  Would "will be removed" 
> > or "will probably be removed" be more accurate?
>
> No, it won't.  Primarily because we don't really know whether we will 
> remove it, let alone when.  It depends on too many factors that we 
> cannot predict.

In that case, would a two-step process not be better?  First declaring the 
function "obsolete", and when it is known that it will be removed declare 
it "pending-removal" with a target major version.

Gregory