BUR #60076 is pending approval.
create alias scope -> telescopic_sight
nonamethanks said in forum #441582:
scope is an optical sight too. If we need a tag for non-magnifying sights that does not include scopes then it should not have an ambiguous name like optical sight.
The alternative is implying scope and reflex sight both to optical sight.
We also have sight_magnifier and dual_sights which appear to be for the same concept btw, and laser_sight which appears to be often mistaken for red dot sight.
Related: topic #36241
Thanks to the admin for the suggestions and advice. Meanwhile I think it's better to keep optical_sight and scope mutually exclusive due to difference in size and magnification power. While in fact, some optical attachments are not telescopic.
If this BUR succeed, I would like propose renaming optical_sight into something like low_power_optical_sight in order to remove ambiguity and improve intuitiveness on usage, or deprecating the former tag in favour of newer alternative. Feel free to suggest the alternatives!
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