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Cranky
Of the two, I'd pick old fashioned as the most likely. Eyelets were probably a good idea on old fashioned tubular rims which were formed from a length of pipe of uniform wall thickness. Modern extrusions have thickened walls at the spoke bed, making eyelets redundant.