@bullet is not default in @itemize for texinfo.tex? and \,?

[S11001001]

According to Node itemize in the texinfo manual, @bullet should be the 
default for @itemize. However, this is not what happens in TeX output.

I am using the texinfo.tex from 4.2 on GNU/Linux, teTeX 1.0.7 (Web2C 7.3.1).

Also, prepending a comma to pass it as an argument (to a macro), in this 
case, does not have the desired behavior.

i.e., the macro is

@macro gnunotice{year, holder}
@quotation
Copyright @copyright{} \year\ \holder\.
@end quotation

@center @strong{Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article 
is permitted }
@center @strong{in any medium, provided this notice is preserved.}
@end macro

and here is a sample invocation, on a line by itself.

@gnunotice{1996\, 1997\, 1998\, 1999\, 2001, Free Software Foundation\, 
Inc.}

Neither of these bugs apply in makeinfo.

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