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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>, 12068@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#12068: 24.1; customizing debug-on-error to nil disables --debug-init
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:05:27 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8761ozntq0.fsf@building.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fqehnng2mn.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:08:16 -0400")

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
>> What do you think people will do when they've set it to non-nil and then
>> they get annoyed that they're always dropping into the debugger and
>> really want to turn it back off so it sticks?
>
> I recommend "erase customization" rather than toggling.
>
> I don't think it's worth implementing special handling for this
> scenario, so I have marked this as "wontfix".

Does it even make sense to have `debug-on-error' be a `defcustom'?
I don't think anybody would actually customize `debug-on-error' to `nil'
(or anything else, for that matter) on purpose, would they?

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-01  8:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-27 14:10 bug#12068: 24.1; customizing debug-on-error to nil disables --debug-init Dave Abrahams
2012-08-02 23:16 ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-02 23:28   ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-03  2:56     ` Dave Abrahams
2012-08-03 20:08       ` Glenn Morris
2012-08-03 20:23         ` Dave Abrahams
2014-02-01  8:05         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]

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