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29.4; repunctuate-sentences ignores NO-QUERY

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From: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: briandg <at> gmail.com, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, 72704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72704: 29.4; repunctuate-sentences ignores NO-QUERY
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2024 08:11:37 -0700

On August 24, 2024 11:51:05 PM PDT, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> wrote:
>> Juri, do I need to update the interactive-args declaration?  I'm not
>> totally clear on how that works.
>
>'current-prefix-arg' can't be added to 'interactive-args'.
>This is because with this form
>
>    (declare (interactive-args (start (use-region-beginning))
>                               (end (use-region-end))))
>
>'C-x M-:' (repeat-complex-command) produces such prompt:
>
>  (repunctuate-sentences '(4) (use-region-beginning) (use-region-end))
>
>Here '(4) is hard-coded from the previous command, and it's impossible
>to override it with a dynamic prefix argument such as 'C-u C-x M-:'
>because it will clash with the prefix argument of 'repeat-complex-command'
>that is used as a count ARGth:
>
>  (defun repeat-complex-command (arg)
>    "Edit and re-evaluate last complex command, or ARGth from last.
>    ...
>    (interactive "p")

That's very clear.  Thanks for the explanation!!

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