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Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:07:07 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1snB4d-0001w8-Rl; Sun, 08 Sep 2024 02:06:59 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=ltBYiAy3JH+wYJVkewglw/DoESHCe0RHDGG73jYw+98=; b=bSUwogT5121XC62PcodZ 8+L+pzz4IKcMXqq9cdMjqD8ko6++DaWxKOq/5xsvchqps1E3S4+mOduIEEndQfNGohVXojmDeZQb8 z/jQyz2gzCFRTRZ2CjfNCRcxnu9NeamFAnXfzpKGCRsBfvvFoAmX93Syz9TTjIi3zAPWBKMeus9vM +XjMd2kQui070K4+vkBW3b7M933V/linD6qE7QJaMAPgIq+tn6tvJJI/7+Iq/CHS4p83M4ebwCxk7 xfiKpCxQce/8ScO7rp3Mx0c1q7lqq7NceFdojoyBcbaerL0BxLtuOVkB622uO51TM4y/jQ0FWwbqC Dt2oiHK5d3CYOg==; In-Reply-To: (message from Ship Mints on Sat, 7 Sep 2024 09:14:54 -0400) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:291422 Archived-At: > From: Ship Mints > Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 09:14:54 -0400 > > This one bit me yesterday on Emacs 29.3 as I was revising my init file (for the thousandth time this week). > > As setopt becomes more widely recommended, people will likely encounter situations like the below where they > expect constant numeric types to be coerced. > > (defcustom temp-float "Float" > "Float type." > :type 'float) > > (setopt temp-float 2.0) ; works > (setopt temp-float 2) ; Warning (emacs): Value '2' does not match type float If you are going to allow integer values, shouldn't :type be 'number, not 'float? The documentation of 'float says: ‘float’ The value must be floating point. "Must be floating point." The value 2 isn't.