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Karl Kleinpaste <k@charcoal.com> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
>> Yep.  That worked.  I was looking for functions with the name 'expunge'
>> in them.  IMHO '-delete-' is misleading as part of this function's name.
>
> Why?
>
> How is "remove an article" (your request) less represented by "delete"
> than by "expunge"?

First of all, I meant to type "expire" instead of "expunge" (I have been
in the IMAP world a lot lately).

As for why I don't like "delete" in the function name, most (all?) of
the other 'delete' functions simply put a mark on the article and don't
actually get rid of it.  The removal itself is handled later on via
expiry.  Since `gnus-summary-delete-article' does actual expiry, I think
that it would be more clear if "expire" appeared in the function name.

Of course, this proposed `gnus-summary-expire-article' function would
have to simply be an aliaas for `gnus-summary-delete-article', so as not
to break existing code.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com