Subject: Re: bug#4102: 23.1.50; recentf-mode nil but toggles

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:40:34 -0400

> in my elisp code, i have:
> (recentf-mode nil)
> this should turn it off, but actually it toggles.

That's indeed the standard behavior for all minor modes.  Use integers
to avoid such surprises.

> With prefix argument arg, turn on if positive, otherwise off.

It's not clear whether nil is positive or negative.

        Stefan