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"Value ‘1’ does not match type boolean" should mention which variable

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Message #19 received at 79455-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "R. Diez" <rdiez-2006 <at> rd10.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>, 79455-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79455: "Value ‘1’ does not match type boolean" should mention which variable
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:18:21 +0200

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> Thanks, this is bug#73084, which is already fixed on the master branch
> (which will eventually become Emacs 31).

First of all, thanks for the info.

That improvement was done over a year ago, and I hit this shortcoming the other day, after upgrading to the newest Emacs.

It is a trivial change. Therefore, I wouldn't wait until Emacs 31, and then let many users switching to Emacs 30.x (perhaps over a Linux distribution package) unnecessarily scratch their heads.

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