From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: Philipp Stephani
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs
Subject: bug#24706: 26.0.50;
Minor mode functions should do strict argument type checking
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 22:47:03 +0200
Message-ID:
References:
<83mvi4yvoj.fsf@gnu.org>
<83tw5bo1em.fsf@gnu.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214";
logging-data="6475"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io"
Cc: 24706@debbugs.gnu.org
To: Eli Zaretskii
Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 01 22:48:13 2020
Return-path:
Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org
Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17])
by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
(Exim 4.92)
(envelope-from )
id 1k1yQM-0001Yt-KM
for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 22:48:10 +0200
Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48608 helo=lists1p.gnu.org)
by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1)
(envelope-from )
id 1k1yQL-0000DT-Ma
for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:48:09 -0400
Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38718)
by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256)
(Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from )
id 1k1yQE-0000DD-SE
for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:48:02 -0400
Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:57843)
by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128)
(Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from )
id 1k1yQE-0007Ur-Iy
for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:48:02 -0400
Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2)
(envelope-from ) id 1k1yQE-0003cH-Ft
for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:48:02 -0400
X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org
Resent-From: Philipp Stephani
Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit"
Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Resent-Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2020 20:48:02 +0000
Resent-Message-ID:
Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org
X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24706
X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs
Original-Received: via spool by 24706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24706.159631484213855
(code B ref 24706); Sat, 01 Aug 2020 20:48:02 +0000
Original-Received: (at 24706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2020 20:47:22 +0000
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41156 helo=debbugs.gnu.org)
by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
(envelope-from )
id 1k1yPZ-0003bP-RJ
for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:47:22 -0400
Original-Received: from mail-oi1-f173.google.com ([209.85.167.173]:44425)
by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2)
(envelope-from ) id 1k1yPY-0003bA-Et
for 24706@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:47:20 -0400
Original-Received: by mail-oi1-f173.google.com with SMTP id h3so6341648oie.11
for <24706@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:47:20 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025;
h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to
:cc; bh=XGPzx/aiQxIMndLfny+mp3UiGKvd2lP1/zXYxrWklz0=;
b=Zscg/GcV9bAOqW8JIAKrqJhAWvHbXFHfXUGj0XWmsW5sdTzR7gPi1hzI1RCsZxDCX3
aY92NFYJf+PdQbvbcrijAELxZWPiJ6BSP3oT/8Y+mzZoxo0Vef4cLdDWA8vGcGprB57+
5jPcuQ3sLE4dAOQ52bSdAv3dIP92ER5r2TXBeag+7juqjh8ODKLWxXB8iAL0yNKDIie8
L2nxLfRS358qqc22Co8b1t9/MBu2Vq+XU1xXuRXC7OcfZdIzzbQZ4G4y89c+4pk2rZTU
5adMdHfCr81wnT/LjXormKPCWdm4YhZ2DnrU1U9/06zcrsPjN9Bi6D94icEEJ0fC6u2D
AXgQ==
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=1e100.net; s=20161025;
h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date
:message-id:subject:to:cc;
bh=XGPzx/aiQxIMndLfny+mp3UiGKvd2lP1/zXYxrWklz0=;
b=thMGlGBFuxJNVfKlfNPo0KdkWPUzPe5Qmyvco2uQEbs5uCeYSaN6Yk8hLbaH070DzD
Bxil56tdPYNsnsgEY1qOocX6wvdiBG5vxMEew+DMuboNJVLeGbcTyFDRDITOkrkq55sZ
RJIV57d4NUEiiWtBZeJNs7ZlDNDEcduyquTID9HuRTj+VEWE91uZ8rkMggLprjvMrB/G
DC4bbQMj/CFR/Gt9zNtO9aO4BFgUtMvduU97AOgdXP5jKUZ5sFbWrB6JKBUcRNqt5ZLK
j31sOmxvxXYc1Q3q8z5Td+2n+N9cS5pJsDOHh+QWlAYu3rUqUAYqBIOTi9aCtXwx3Sfb
N/Tg==
X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532YNwdheKkraO/pYkOcd57xe2hwVxjUG73DP9Aew3/6p+XMhE3C
5maCPj8oj8X2Kvtk22qP4AjXT2VnrsAD3lKKvOQ=
X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxDQVSBAZrUnfigxVi3EHnTfxJLOfAULdWTpWzwwXDCYjVwT6/sERQQ+s19DAsJNYKI8yc/4Nf+6ISu3uExa8E=
X-Received: by 2002:aca:b884:: with SMTP id i126mr7664286oif.65.1596314834577;
Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:47:14 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <83tw5bo1em.fsf@gnu.org>
X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18
Precedence: list
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-mx.org@gnu.org
Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs"
Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:183798
Archived-At:
Am Mi., 26. Apr. 2017 um 13:27 Uhr schrieb Eli Zaretskii :
>
> > From: Philipp Stephani
> > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:51:32 +0000
> > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 24706@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > Eli Zaretskii schrieb am So., 16. Okt. 2016 um 20:51 Uhr:
> >
> > > From: Philipp Stephani
> > > Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 18:25:08 +0000
> > >
> > > Attached a patch that uses the wording from `define-minor-mode'.
> >
> > The patch for the ELisp manual simply rearranges the same words, so
> > it's not clear to me why we would prefer it to what's already there.
> >
> > I don't think there's any repetition or rearranging here.
>
> Here's the ELisp manual part of your proposed change:
>
> If the mode command is called from Lisp (i.e., non-interactively), it
> -should enable the mode if the argument is omitted or @code{nil}; it
> -should toggle the mode if the argument is the symbol @code{toggle};
> -otherwise it should treat the argument in the same way as for an
> -interactive call with a numeric prefix argument, as described above.
> +should toggle the mode if the argument is the symbol @code{toggle}; it
> +should disable the mode if the argument is a non-positive integer;
> +otherwise, e.g., if the argument is omitted or nil or a positive
> +integer, it should enable the mode.
>
> Don't you agree that it does little apart of re-shuffling the same
> words?
It also describes what happens when the argument is neither nil nor
`toggle' nor an integer. That is currently unspecified, or rather
implicitly specified by the observable (but unspecified) behavior of
`prefix-numeric-value'.
>
> > The key difference is that when called from Lisp with an
> > argument that is neither nil nor an integer, the mode is also enabled.
>
> Why would we want to require that? This subsection describes the
> conventions, it doesn't describe the effect of certain popular
> implementation of those conventions, because we don't really want to
> _require_ modes to behave in any way beyond the described behavior.
This isn't about the implementation but the interface, i.e. the
observable behavior of minor mode functions.
>
> > "With a prefix argument ARG, enable the mode if ARG is positive, and disable it if ARG is negative or zero.
>
> This is almost exactly the same as the current:
>
> With a prefix argument ARG, enable %s if ARG is
> positive, and disable it otherwise.
>
> > Additionally, when called from Lisp, toggle the mode if ARG is the symbol `toggle' and interpret ARG as
> > defined by `prefix-numeric-value' otherwise."
>
> And this is exactly what I suggested back then:
>
> > As for the doc string, please avoid repetition, it's confusing. I
> > suggested to describe the additional features when the mode is called
> > from Lisp by using the word "also".
>
> The wording I had in mind was similar to yours:
>
> When called from Lisp, also enable the mode if ARG is omitted or
> nil, and toggle it if ARG is `toggle'.
That again doesn't describe what happens if neither of these cases apply.
(My suggestion from 2017 also wouldn't work here as-is, because the
behavior of `prefix-numeric-value' isn't defined for these cases
either.)