GNU bug report logs - #4706
customize and aliases

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rgm <at> gnu.org

Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:35:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 4706 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
Cc: 4706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4706: customize and aliaes
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:14:22 -0400

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> Perhaps if new_alias has a 'saved-value property, and base_variable
>> does not, Fdefvaralias could copy the property to base_variable?
[...]
> I think that extending defvaralias this way would be wrong, but I think it
> would fit just fine in define-obsolete-variable-alias.

What then to do about non-obsolete aliases to defcustoms?

Such things are used eg in find-file, emacs-lisp/warnings.el, etc, and
probably outside of Emacs.
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