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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:09:12 -0400

> If you encounter a discrepancy that cannot be addressed by amending
> the type specified by a setopt call, and you can deem the desired
> type compatible nonetheless, use setq. If the user option has an
> associated \"setter\" you may invoke it manually using ???"

You're here trying to describe workarounds to use in case of bugs
(either the value you set is wrong, or the type (or type-checker) is
wrong).  We usually don't do that in docstrings.


        Stefan
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