GNU bug report logs - #10909
24.0.94; doc of `define-minor-mode'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.94

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 10909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 10909 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: cyd <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10909: 24.0.94; doc of `define-minor-mode'
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:25:03 -0400

>> IOW, it says nothing about what happens when an arg is passed that is
>> not nil or omitted or `toggle'.  And I've seen at least one user try to
>> use `(foo-mode t)'.  It turns out that that has the same effect as
>> `(foo-mode 1)', but nothing in the doc says that it should.
> Fixed in trunk.

Actually, I think the right fix is to replace calls that use t with
calls that use 1, rather than documenting the accidental behavior.


        Stefan
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