Re: problem of define-minor-mode while bootstrapping

[Stefan Monnier]

> > The reason for this little piece of code is so as to call (foo-mode 1) when
> > people do (setq foo-mode t) in their .emacs and then load foo-mode.el.
> > But people shouldn't use (setq foo-mode t), they should use (foo-mode 1)
> > instead anyway.
> > So I'd rather use that code less often rather than more often.
> 
> CAn we just get rid of it?

Many/most global minor modes did it by hand, so I added it
to define-minor-mode as well.  I have no need for that feature,
but since people did it by hand before, I suppose there was a
"good" reason for it.


        Stefan