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

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 62621 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sbaugh <at> janestreet.com
Subject: bug#62621: 29.0.60; uniquify can't make buffers unique based on things other than filename
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 05:22:56 +0300

On 18/07/2023 14:07, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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.

That's easy to fix, as long as you don't have additional objections to 
that approach.

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