GNU bug report logs - #22683
25.1.50; auto-composition-mode

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 22683 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22683: 25.1.50; auto-composition-mode
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 07:53:40 -0400

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  > | If called from Lisp, toggle the mode if ARG is ‘toggle’.  Enable the
  > | mode if ARG is nil, omitted, or is a positive number.  Disable the
  > | mode if ARG is a negative number.
  > `----

  > Is that sufficiently clear?

Yes, but

  > It doesn't say what happens if ARG is zero, so perhaps the last sentence
  > above should be amended to say "negative number or zero".

I think it should not leave zero an undocumented mystery.  If we want
to discourage it (though I don't follow why), let's say "Don't use
zero as argument."  Otherwise, let's say what zero means as argument.

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