Re: turning on minor modes from hooks

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> A call with no arguments, as in (auto-save-mode), naturally ought to
>>> toggle the mode or turn it on.
>> Care to explain why?
> Note that he said "or turn it on"; I think the point was to distinguish
> those possibilities from "unconditionally turn it off".

Toggling is just wrong for it.  I understand why it's like this right
now, but from an Lisp point of view, it's just not the right choice, and
there's no need here to distinguish a nil arg from the absence of an arg.


        Stefan