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Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:08:13 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0008.oracle.com (abhmp0008.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wAAH8CSD030392; Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:08:12 GMT In-Reply-To: <<83a7mhbbva.fsf@gnu.org>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4756.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=9073 signatures=668683 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1807170000 definitions=main-1811100126 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:152256 Archived-At: > > Please say why there is an unused optional arg ARG. >=20 > ??? The below is from the doc strings of both functions: >=20 > If called interactively with prefix ARG, convert for the entire > buffer. >=20 > What am I missing? Sorry, I missed that somehow. Might have been tripped up by the use of `_arg'; dunno. I'll close the bug. That said... AFAICT there's no need to add that optional arg. This would have been sufficient, and it is what I would have expected: (defun untabify (start end) "..." (interactive (if current-prefix-arg (list (point-min) (point-max)) (list (region-beginning) (region-end)))) ...) Am I missing something? Does adding that arg, and using it only in `interactive', help? Seems like when someone added the prefix-arg behavior (Emacs 24, apparently) they went overboard a bit. Not a problem; just a bit weird, to my eyes.