Re: M-\ does not work with prefix argument as documented

[Richard Stallman]

Does this fix the bug?   I don't want to add any features now.

*** simple.el   04 Dec 2006 09:25:30 -0500      1.837
--- simple.el   13 Dec 2006 13:56:29 -0500      
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*** 707,713 ****
  (defun delete-horizontal-space (&optional backward-only)
    "Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
  If BACKWARD-ONLY is non-nil, only delete spaces before point."
!   (interactive "*")
    (let ((orig-pos (point)))
      (delete-region
       (if backward-only
--- 707,713 ----
  (defun delete-horizontal-space (&optional backward-only)
    "Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
  If BACKWARD-ONLY is non-nil, only delete spaces before point."
!   (interactive "*P")
    (let ((orig-pos (point)))
      (delete-region
       (if backward-only