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26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>, 28747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28747: 26.0.60; Usage of "&rest body" in Edebug specs
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 04:00:50 +0100

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> It's hard to grep for, but there's a usage in pp.el, at least, so it's
>> used outside of the edebug machinery.
>
> Yes, but it hardly qualifies for "of which we're not aware" ;-)

No, but if one weirdo's made use of the specs, then there's probably
more out there.

Your point about &optional also makes me lean towards not doing anything
here -- I mean, "&optional body" and "&rest body" are both likely in
edebug specs, and the confusion here more stems from `body' in itself
being nullable, I think?

So I dunno whether renaming &rest to &repeat is going to help people
that write debug specs in practice much.

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