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Karl Kleinpaste <k@charcoal.com> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
>> Since `gnus-summary-delete-article' does actual expiry, I think
>> that it would be more clear if "expire" appeared in the function name.
>
> No, I don't agree.  "Expiry" in Gnus is generally a time-based
> concept; an article expires after a timeout passes, causing deletion.
>
> gnus-summary-delete-article simply deletes, right now.  It does not
> expire anything; it annihilates something on the spot.  For "delete,"
> dictionary.reference.com says "To remove by striking out or
> canceling", and that's what the function does.
>
> I think it is named exactly right.

If we are to adhere to that dictionary definition, then the other
functions with "delete" in their names should then have a name change.
They should then contain the string "mark-for-deletion" or some such
thing, since those functions do not delete articles in the way that the
dictionary specifies.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com