Rename the Geometry > Bevel section to be more accurate
I find it weird that "sweep" or "extrude along curve" is incorrectly and confusingly called "bevel" in Blender (I'm not talking about the actual bevel process or bevel modifier - those are actual bevels). The process has nothing to do with bevellling, and is just completely misleading and wrong. Was it an error in translation that's just never been addressed or something? I suggest the Geometry > Bevel section of a curve is changed to reflect what it actually does - extrude along a curve or sweep. Anything but "Bevel"!
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It's not really an extrude along curve, and I'm not sure how to understand "sweep" in that context.
I'd think a more appropriate term would be "profile", which funnily enough, is the word used for the curve-based... profile!
A quick mockup of how it could be instead, IMHO:
The name does make a lot more sense when you use these parameters on filled curves and text. Seems like unfilled curves are the odd ones out.