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26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode commands

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: "41727-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <41727-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#41727: [External] : Re: bug#41727: 26.3; Doc of `define-minor-mode' and minor-mode commands
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:58:33 +0000

> This bug report is sprawling, and it is very hard to make heads or
> tails of what is being discussed.

I don't think that's the case.  Of course it takes
time to read and understand a bug thread.

> In any case, Eli seems to be of the opinion that
> no further change is needed here.

Eli was the one who said (and I agreed):

  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.

That's about the code behavior, not about the doc
string.  But especially given that unusual (per Eli)
behavior, I think the doc string should make clear
what the behavior is (for Lisp use).  It's not the
usual behavior for Lisp use.

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