On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:10:27 +0100
"Thomas A. Schmitz"
But don't let anyone tell you that explicit names are "antiquated." They make TeX or xml source documents so much more readable! And when you have to retrace five levels of \startsectionlevels because you want to change the structure of your document, you will rue the day you abandoned proper names.
When you want to change the structure of your document when using structure levels, all that you need do is add or subtract a level of nesting. With named levels, it is easy to create complicated documents that jump around in level, which would be pretty messy. What a nightmare it would be to add or subtract a named structure level in a complicated document. This being said, I still mostly use named structure levels myself, as old habits are hard to change (but don't tell Hans this!). Alan