GNU bug report logs - #16276
defcustom should require a :type

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:41:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.3

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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bug#16276; Package emacs. (Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:41:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: defcustom should require a :type
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 03:40:33 -0500

Package: emacs
Version: 24.3
Severity: wishlist

I think it should be a compile-time error to specify a defcustom without
a type. Currently there is not even a warning.
If you really can't figure out the type, it won't kill you to write
:type 'sexp (but you can almost always do better).

Message #4 received at 16276-quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 16276-quiet <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16276: defcustom should require a :type
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:31:32 -0500

Added warning for 25.2 in c3a2eded19.
bug marked as fixed in version 25.2, send any further explanations to 16276 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:18:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug unarchived. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug Marked as fixed in versions 26.1. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug No longer marked as fixed in versions 25.2. Request was from Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 04 Dec 2016 02:50:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 01 Jan 2017 12:24:22 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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