GNU bug report logs - #25152
25.1; Customize: errors for `restricted-sexp' in `repeat'

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 20:41:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 15689

Found in versions 24.3.50, 24.5, 25.0.94, 25.1

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 25152 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25152: 25.1; Customize: errors for `restricted-sexp' in `repeat'
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 13:53:21 -0300

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Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> To sum it up, the prompt is an unfortunate mistake, and maybe we could
>> protect against that, but I think the real problem comes from the
>> defcustom, which fails to provide a valid default value.
>
> Thanks for this explanation.  Makes sense.
>
> Can we somehow help users by raising an error when they
> do this?  Seems like a simple mistake to make.

I think it makes sense, but I'm not sure where would be the right place
to do it.

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