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setopt float warning unexpected

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, shipmints <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:38:43 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> > How about adding an option letting the user disable the type checking of
> > some options?
>
> Like what?  Would we accept, for example, a string where the type is
> 'symbol'?  Or any value where type is 'boolean'?

The new option would have as value a list of option names.  The user
could then add those options with incorrect type specs.  And for those
specified options Emacs would skip type checking entirely.

I _don't_ think melting types in either way would be a good idea.


Michael.

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