(comment-set-column, comment-kill, comment-or-uncomment-region):

Call comment-normalize-vars since these functions are autoloaded.

diff --git a/lisp/newcomment.el b/lisp/newcomment.el
index aa53f50606af2a978f909f2ac1a46621741cbe8f..6874da7b4e554d87000c88f72135f1e774a7851f 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/newcomment.el
+++ b/lisp/newcomment.el
@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@ With any other arg, set comment column to indentation of the previous comment
   (cond
    ((eq arg '-) (comment-kill nil))
    (arg
+    (comment-normalize-vars)
     (save-excursion
       (beginning-of-line)
       (comment-search-backward)
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ With any other arg, set comment column to indentation of the previous comment
   "Kill the comment on this line, if any.
 With prefix ARG, kill comments on that many lines starting with this one."
   (interactive "P")
+  (comment-normalize-vars)
   (dotimes (_ (prefix-numeric-value arg))
     (save-excursion
       (beginning-of-line)
@@ -941,6 +943,7 @@ end- comment markers additionally to what `comment-add' already specifies."
 in which case call `uncomment-region'.  If a prefix arg is given, it
 is passed on to the respective function."
   (interactive "*r\nP")
+  (comment-normalize-vars)
   (funcall (if (save-excursion ;; check for already commented region
                 (goto-char beg)
                 (comment-forward (point-max))