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Re: Keep region active after command


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: Keep region active after command
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:16:49 +0900

Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:
>> No.  Having a function that just sets a variable to nil is silly.
>
> ?? Please give an argument!

Because the user may as well just write (setq foo nil)...

If "foo" were obscure/weird, then maybe a set-to-nil function with a
clearer name could be useful useful, but in this case the variable's
meaning is quite clear.

-miles

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