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#59937
28.2; Bad defcustom behavior
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Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 05:08:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 28.2
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #53 received at 59937 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
>> As I said in
>> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=59937*26
>> I was looking for a way to:
>> 1. Being able to create the restricted-sexp widget, even if the default
>> value for it isn't valid.
>> 2. Being able to do it without prompting the user.
>>
>> That's what the attached patch does. AFAIU, we both agreed that that
>> approach was a good enough fix for this bug, so that the behavior of
>> certain defcustoms is less confusing. We didn't really agree back then
>> about the warning, and I'm guessing that we still disagree on that, so I
>> didn't change anything about the warning.
>
> Thanks, Mauro. I don't have the time now to
> check the result, but I have no problem at all
> with whatever fix you implemented. If later
> (probably much later) I find something I think
> could be improved more in this regard, I'll
> file a new enhancement/bug request.
>
> Thx!
Ok, thank you. I'll wait for a few days in case someone wants to chime
in, and then I'll install the fix if there are no objections.
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