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#62621
29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on things other than filename
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Reported by: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 17:38:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 29.0.60
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #65 received at 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
On 14/07/2023 22:15, sbaugh <at> catern.com wrote:
>>>> how is this different from using symbols?
>>> I can't contrast that to "using symbols" because I just don't understand
>>> what you mean by "using symbols".
>> It means the defcustom's value is a symbol, like 'numbered or
>> 'append-directory, not a function.
> Yes. But how would you implement it so that setting the defcustom to
> 'project causes the project-uniquify-dirname-transform logic to be used
> by uniquify.el, without mentioning project-uniquify-dirname-transform or
> other project functions in uniquify.el?
Yeah, that sounds odd to me too. If we allow symbolic values in a
defcustom, somewhere in the same package there has to be a mapping
between the symbols and the functions corresponding to them. Which would
have to refer to a function from project.el in this case.
Of course, we could alternatively have some sort of registry for
third-party code to jack into upon loading or etc, but that sounds like
a massive overkill for this case.
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