Wierdness with command argument?

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From: Generic User
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 03:43

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Would someone explain this to me:

-----copied from *scratch*-----
(defun test (arg)
  "Echoes arg.  If no arg, echoes nil."
  (interactive "p")
  (if (null arg)
      (message "arg is nil")
    (message "arg is %d" arg)))
test
(test nil)
"arg is nil"
(command-execute 'test)
"arg is 1"
-----end-----

Shouldn't a command called with no prefix have a null argument, rather
than 1?  Typing M-x test gives me the same result.

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Jason Merrill					jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu

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