From unknown Mon Jun 16 23:43:11 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#14678 <14678@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#14678 <14678@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.3.50; doc of `defcustom': specify behavior if duplicate keyword Reply-To: bug#14678 <14678@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 06:43:11 +0000 retitle 14678 24.3.50; doc of `defcustom': specify behavior if duplicate ke= yword reassign 14678 emacs submitter 14678 Drew Adams severity 14678 wishlist tag 14678 wontfix thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jun 20 16:07:58 2013 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jun 2013 20:07:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59239 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl9B-0001Ip-UO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47541) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl99-0001IW-Az for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl93-0003d6-7U for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:49 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-101.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:42691) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl93-0003d1-4d for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:49 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49244) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl91-0005Lx-Vp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl8z-0003cA-84 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:47 -0400 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:27315) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upl8z-0003c2-10 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 16:07:45 -0400 Received: from ucsinet22.oracle.com (ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r5KK7hPG008913 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:07:44 GMT Received: from userz7022.oracle.com (userz7022.oracle.com [156.151.31.86]) by ucsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5KK7gig007556 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:07:43 GMT Received: from abhmt120.oracle.com (abhmt120.oracle.com [141.146.116.72]) by userz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r5KK7gqj007540 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:07:42 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:07:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Drew Adams To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: 24.3.50; doc of `defcustom': specify behavior if duplicate keyword X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.7 (607090) [OL 12.0.6668.5000 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Source-IP: ucsinet22.oracle.com [156.151.31.94] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) Lisp code can generate Lisp code, including `defcustom's. In this context, it is possible for the generated code to have more than one occurrence of the same keyword (e.g., `:type'), with different occurrences specifying different keyword values. The implementation, and presumably the design, of `defcustom' is such that in case of multiple occurrences of the same keyword, the last one wins - the others are ignored. This should be stated in the doc, as part of the description of `defcustom'. Programmers should know that they can depend on this behavior. In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2013-06-18 on LEG570 Bzr revision: 113050 handa@gnu.org-20130618145521-fvpc5viqtc85j4j4 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/usr --enable-checking CFLAGS=3D'-O0 -g3' CPPFLAGS=3D'-DGLYPH_DEBUG=3D1 -I/c/usr/include'' From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jun 21 02:33:47 2013 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Jun 2013 06:33:47 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60057 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Upuun-0001fO-Up for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:33:46 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:56284 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Upuul-0001fG-50 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:33:44 -0400 Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Upuuk-0006bG-QL for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:33:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:33:42 -0400 Message-Id: Subject: control message for bug 14678 To: X-Mailer: mail (GNU Mailutils 2.1) From: Glenn Morris X-Spam-Score: -6.3 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.3 (------) # accident of the implementation, do not rely on it tag 14678 wontfix From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Feb 01 02:18:56 2014 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Feb 2014 07:18:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43671 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Uqu-00020F-Ff for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:18:56 -0500 Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:50787) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Uqr-000206-TW for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 02:18:54 -0500 Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1W9Uqe-0001rv-92 for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:18:40 +0100 Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:17:48 -0800 Message-Id: <871tznqp2b.fsf@building.gnus.org> To: control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Subject: control message for bug #14678 X-MailScanner-ID: 1W9Uqe-0001rv-92 X-Netfonds-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Netfonds-MailScanner-From: larsi@gnus.org MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1391843920.98209@fQ/jevwTzUgQBooUcqjmiQ X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) close 14678 From unknown Mon Jun 16 23:43:11 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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