GNU bug report logs - #41727
26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode commands

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 20:40:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.3

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #59 received at 41727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 41727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#41727: 26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode
 commands
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 17:39:33 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  41727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2020 09:58:32 +0200
> 
> We don't know if the original author intended the semantics of the
> documentation or of the implementation.  If we are sure the current
> implementation is what was intended I would be ok with documenting it,
> but it's really far from important IMHO.
> 
> I leave it to Eli to decide.

I stated my opinion.

Do we have other places where a function called from Lisp uses the
prefix arg in any similar way?  It seems bad practice to me:
non-interactive calls shouldn't use interactive features.
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