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28.2; C-x ) won't accept the universal argument

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: al <at> petrofsky.org, 64138-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64138: 28.2; C-x ) won't accept the universal argument
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:02:06 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Al Petrofsky <al <at> petrofsky.org>,  64138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 10:08:04 -0400
> 
> >> I have no objections to extending those commands to accept just C-u,
> >> though.  Stefan, any reasons why not?
> > Offhand, I can't think of any reason why not.
> 
> BTW: the main question here is whether a C-1 prefix should be treated
> the same as the absence of a prefix.  AFAICT, the `arg` argument
> of `kmacro-end-macro` is only used once, to pass it to `end-kbd-macro`,
> and that function starts with:
> 
>       if (NILP (repeat))
>         XSETFASTINT (repeat, 1);
>       else
>         CHECK_FIXNUM (repeat);
> 
> so, the absence of a prefix arg currently should indeed always behave
> exactly as with a `C-1` arg.
> IOW, I'm pretty sure now that there is not reason why not.

OK, thanks.  I've now installed this on the master branch, and I'm
closing this bug.

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