GNU bug report logs - #73098
setopt float warning unexpected

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:28:18 +0300

> From: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:11:18 -0400
> Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 
> 	Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Perhaps, some expanded advice in the docstring for setopt?
> 
> "Set VARIABLE/VALUE pairs with enforced types, and return the final VALUE.

"Enforce" is inaccurate, since a value that doesn't match :type just
emits a warning (which can be shut up by the users, if they want), it
doesn't signal an error.  And the variable is assigned the value event
if the type doesn't match.

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