GNU bug report logs - #13780
24.2; Making find-file-hook customizable seems to cause troublle

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:36:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch, wontfix

Found in version 24.2

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

Message #17 received at 13780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 13780 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13780: 24.2; Making find-file-hook customizable seems to
	cause troublle
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:38:06 +0000

On 22 February 2013 14:22, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>
>    So until Custom ...blabla... I think it's better to use defcustom for
>    hooks very sparingly, i.e. only for those hook we can reasonably
>    expect will only be modified by the user's customization.

So do you think the existing customization ability for find-file-hook
should be removed? Or at least some kind of warning attached?

--
http://rrt.sc3d.org
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 175 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.