(Major Mode Conventions, Mode Line Variables): `mode-name' need not be a

string.  xref to "Mode Line Data" for details, and to "Emulating Mode Line"
for computing a string value.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0dde6961b9c..20ea28eaf20 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ checking/manipulating elements directly, use the new functions
 `byte-compile-warning-enabled-p', `byte-compile-disable-warning', and
 `byte-compile-enable-warning.'
 
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 ** `mode-name' is no longer guaranteed to be a string.
 Use `(format-mode-line mode-name)' to ensure a string value.