Hi,

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 15:28 Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> wrote:

> Hi Bastien,
>
> Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > I still find it strange to keep functions that are used nowhere in the
> > Org's core--except of course for functions that explicitely mention as
> > usable by the user (e.g. `org-clock-persistence-insinuate'.)
>

[snip]

And it's in org.el, so it's in Org's
> "core", right?  I guess we're thinking in different terms.
>
> Inserting a subheading or subitem is a very common operation in an
> outlining and list-making tool, so it would seem like a significant
> regression to remove it.
>

I think there's an implied -and usually misleading‐ correlation between the
importance of a function and the count of self-references -meaning uses in
the defining package- shown from help buffers.    It would be cool to see
uses tracked as we byte-compile or something.

I'm not opposed to reorganizing the code, of course, as long as it
> remains loaded as a command when org-mode is activated.
>

I'm a fan of interactive methods in obvious, easy to reach places.