Make `C-u RET' work again

* lisp/simple.el (newline): Fix regression introduced by
d1aacceae9 (bug#51459).

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index e3657cc079e0037581cf1919585e215f5b432a23..94a459b7795567235cb5e4cd19bf994735743769 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ A non-nil INTERACTIVE argument means to run the `post-self-insert-hook'."
   (interactive "*P\np")
   (barf-if-buffer-read-only)
   (when (and arg
-             (< arg 0))
+             (< (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0))
     (error "Repetition argument has to be non-negative"))
   ;; Call self-insert so that auto-fill, abbrev expansion etc. happen.
   ;; Set last-command-event to tell self-insert what to insert.