GNU bug report logs - #22206
25.1.50; doc string of `define-minor-mode'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 19550

Found in versions 25.0.50, 25.1.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 22206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22206 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#22206: 25.1.50; doc string of `define-minor-mode'
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:11:14 -0800 (PST)

> > What else could it possibly be, except a string?
> 
> A form in the format described in mode-line-format. And that works,
> actually, so I'm not sure we should document it to be more limited.

IMO, we should document what it needs to be.  If it can be more than
a string, then we should document just what it can be.  And in that
case the manual (which states that it is a string) should likewise
be updated to say what the value can be.
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