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Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:

> It also makes it possible to express "use the same face for this, that
> and this" and then later be able to change the face only once to
> change it in all places.

But that's possible with regular faces already?  Just use the same
symbol (face name) in all those places?

> And it simplifies font-lock stuff, compare
> gnus-server-font-lock-keywords.

I looked at it.  It looks simple.  But I can't see how variables made
it simpler.

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