Subject: bug#76535: Recommend against turn-on-<FOO>-mode functions

From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:34:23 -0600

Severity: wishlist

How about adding to tips.texi a recommendation not to add any new
functions like these?

    (defun turn-on-<FOO>-mode ()
      (<FOO>-mode 1))
    (defun turn-off-<FOO>-mode ()
      (<FOO>-mode -1))

I think they are redundant in almost all cases, but it seems to me that
they are sometimes added pretty much routinely.