From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24706: 26.0.50; Minor mode functions should do strict argument type checking Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:53:56 +0300 Message-ID: <83lgxoyvjv.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1476644121 17841 195.159.176.226 (16 Oct 2016 18:55:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24706@debbugs.gnu.org To: Philipp Stephani Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 16 20:55:18 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaT-00037J-Ta for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 20:55:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57484 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaV-00053Q-Tr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:55:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43349) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaP-00051h-5E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:55:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaM-0003m0-4C for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:57502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaM-0003ls-0O for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:55:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqaL-0008T4-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:55:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:55:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24706 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24706.147664404732481 (code B ref 24706); Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:55:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 16 Oct 2016 18:54:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35459 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqZS-0008Ro-SA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52176) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqZS-0008RL-3C for 24706@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqZJ-0003Pi-VH for 24706@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:54:01 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:60802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqZJ-0003Pc-Rf; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:53:57 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2701 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bvqZI-0007Oy-VB; Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:53:57 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Philipp Stephani on Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:13:01 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:124565 Archived-At: > From: Philipp Stephani > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:13:01 +0000 > > Why would you change the behavior, instead of just clarifying > the doc? > > I generally prefer the behavior to be as strict as possible. Let's not consider changing long-established behavior for purely theoretical or philosophical reasons. > Consider > (foo-mode 'disable) > If you read such code, do you assume that this enables foo-mode? It would be a silly thing to do, so it would be worth a bug report. However, I don't really believe someone in their right minds would do something like that. > However, in this case I guess it's too late, and fixing the documentation is indeed more appropriate. Exactly. > Probably this should be reworded so that the Lisp case doesn't refer to the interactive case at all. Making the > documentation obvious is more important than avoiding repetition. Sorry, I disagree. with the last sentence. Repetition is a source for confusion.