GNU bug report logs - #60712
28.2; customize-set-variable won't let you change the type of a choice

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Omar Antolín Camarena <omar.antolin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:37:02 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 #16 received at 60712-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
Cc: omar.antolin <at> gmail.com, 60712-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60712: 28.2;
 customize-set-variable won't let you change the type of a choice
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 15:59:15 +0300

> Cc: Omar Antolín Camarena <omar.antolin <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 10:27:39 -0300
> From: Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
>  > We have this condition in widget-choice-prompt-value:
>  > ((and (= (length args) 2)
>  >       (memq old args))
>  >  (if (eq old (nth 0 args))
>  >      (nth 1 args)
>  >    (nth 0 args)))
>  >
>  > ARGS holds the choices available in the choice widget and OLD has
>  > the choice that matches the current value of the choice widget, before
>  > the user enters a new one.  This branch has been in the code since like
>  > forever, but I can't explain why it's good to have it.
> 
> So, we should respect the value of widget-choice-toggle also when
> prompting, of course.  I attach a patch to fix it.

Thanks, installed on the master branch, and closing the bug.
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