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On 08/16/2012 03:05 PM, Drew Adams wrote:
 >> the documentation of `define-minor-mode' begins with:
 >>
 >> Macro: define-minor-mode mode doc [init-value [lighter [keymap]]]
 >> keyword-args... body...
 >>
 >> Then it continues with documenting what the purpose of each
 >> argument is, but it fails to do so for the BODY argument.  So,
 >> what's the purpose of that argument?  Is it...?
 >
 > You should not have to guess.
 >
 > To find out the answer, file a doc bug report. ;-)
 > Each of the arguments should be described in the doc string.
 >
 > M-x report-emacs-bug
 >
 >

Well, I discovered that the argument is indeed documented, only not as
prominently as the others.  Therefore I missed it, also because arguments in
Info mode are not highlighted the way I'm used to in Help mode.  I 
apologize for
the inconvenience.