Luc Teirlinck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Lute Kamstra wrote:
>
> This macro creates a new generic mode. The argument @var{mode} is
> the name of the command for the generic mode; it need not be quoted.
>
> "Name" sounds like a string. "need not" sounds like it is up to the
> user whether he quotes it or not. Is this really correct or is it
> true that it must not be quoted? Of course, the same problems apply
> to the docstring from which the above quote was copied.
I wrote the docstring too. :-) It's true that it is up to the user to
quote the symbol or not. define-generic-mode used to be a function,
so MODE needed to be quoted. When I rewrote it into a macro, I opted
for an unquoted MODE. Similar defining macros use unquoted symbols
too. To be backward compatible, quoting the symbol is still allowed.
> What about:
>
> This macro creates a new generic mode. @var{mode} (an unquoted symbol)
> is the major mode command.
That's fine with me.
Lute.
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