[Lazarus] Do we really need a PaintSwastika procedure?

[wkitty42 at windstream.net]

On 01/08/2016 10:44 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 09:05:56 -0500
> wkitty42 at windstream.net wrote:
>
>> [...]
>>> There is a difference between forbidding a flag and promoting it.
>>
>> having built-in procedures to paint flags and symbols is not promoting those
>> symbols and flags...
>
> I'm glad that you agree that removing a helper function is not
> "forbidding".

hahaha... yes, removing it is not "forbidding" it... but having (unknowingly) 
had it, knowing that it has been removed leaves an empty hole :?

> I'm not a native English speaker so maybe "promoting" is the wrong
> word. Maybe a better word is support, boost, encourage or help on.

i was thinking of "promoting" as in commercials where a product is promoted...

> Although after this long mail thread the function is pretty much promoted.

true dat...

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