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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: need obsolete arg in (read-from-minibuffer ...)
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> Really?  This is why that 2nd arg was declared obsolete!?  That's rather
> goofy.  I thought there was some technical reason for it-- something to
> do with code.  Oh well....  Thanks for the answer.

No, it's not technical, it's to try and make the UI more uniform.


        Stefan