GNU bug report logs - #76535
Recommend against turn-on-<FOO>-mode functions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:35:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: 76535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#76535: Recommend against turn-on-<FOO>-mode functions
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.
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