Explicitly bidirectional pattern synonyms for 7.8.3?

[Dr. ÉRDI Gergő]

It... fixes the bug of... a missing feature? ...

I'll take that as a "no". :)
On Jul 8, 2014 10:40 PM, "Carter Schonwald" <carter.schonwald at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 7.8.3 is a bug fix release, is this a bug fix? :-)
>
> On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, Dr. ERDI Gergo <gergo at erdi.hu> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've spent the last couple evenings implementing explicitly-bidirectional
>> pattern synonyms, partly while waiting for someone to help out with #9023.
>> Explicitly-bidirectional pattern synonyms are described in #8581.
>>
>> My question is: now that I have this mostly working, is this something
>> that could be added to 7.8.3, or is this too much of a new feature for a
>> point release? I'd like to know because then I can prioritize finishing the
>> work (it still needs some tests added and also someone to review the
>> changes).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>         Gergo
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