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setopt float warning unexpected

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Message #41 received at 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
Cc: 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, shipmints <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:37:05 +0300

> From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,  shipmints <at> gmail.com,
>   73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 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.

Thanks, but this sounds like overkill to me.

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