Subject: 24.4.50; `self-insert-command': Why raise an error for non-positive repetition?

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 08:19:59 -0700 (PDT)

In Emacs prior to Emacs 24, `C-0 a' or `C-- 3 a' was a no-op.  Starting
with Emacs 24 this raises an error.  Why is this considered an
improvement?  If the concern is that the user might hit the wrong key
and not notice the no-op, why not just use `message'?

In GNU Emacs 24.4.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-05-17 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 117119 [email-masked]
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/Devel/emacs/snapshot/trunk
 --enable-checking=yes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3'
 LDFLAGS=-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib 'CPPFLAGS=-DGC_MCHECK=1
 -Ic:/Devel/emacs/include''