GNU bug report logs - #62621
29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on things other than filename

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Message #74 received at 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sbaugh <at> janestreet.com
Subject: Re: bug#62621: 29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on
 things other than filename
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:07:29 +0300

> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:34:06 +0300
> Cc: sbaugh <at> janestreet.com, 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
> 
> > Repeat after me: Use options whose values are functions
> > are hard on our users, because they require them to be Lisp
> > programmers.
> 
> That doesn't have to be the case. If the defcustom's docstring mentions 
> several functions that can be used, and the :type widget includes them 
> as well, the user can decide to switch to any of them without writing 
> any Lisp (or having to understand the implementations).

But that was not so in this particular case.

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