GNU bug report logs - #73098
setopt float warning unexpected

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #56 received at 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, shipmints <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:36:08 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,  shipmints <at> gmail.com,
>   73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:41:46 -0400
> 
> IMO, the whole point of `setopt` is to check the value against the type.

I agree, but some users expect setopt to be a variant of setq,
especially since we advertise such use of setopt for modifying user
options.
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