Can you please give an idea why 3a--3b and 4a-4b are in separate items.
Aren't these are speaking on exactly the same thing??
And also the same for 1a--1b...

To say, when Gerard announced that he will made new syntax - I was strictly against that and then I never did a smallest attempt to rewrite my (tiny) module for new syntax...
new syntax = no cookie...
this is a point of an agreement.