From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 6578@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6578: 24.0.50; defcustom :set does not apply to `set-variable'
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:52:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r25euo5q.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7AE1FD06C5674B68B58CAFD6896A6C4C@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:52:59 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> [Tried to send this earlier, but there was a mail delivery problem, for some
> reason. Trying again.]
>
> ----
>
> If you use a :set entry for defcustom, it is not respected by
> `set-variable'. It should be. When a user uses `M-x set-variable' s?he
> should get the effect of :set. Otherwise, the defcustom is not serving
> its purpose. defcustom is not only for Customize - it needs to work
> with `set-variable' also. And it does, for :type; but it does not, for
> :set.
This is apparently by design:
----
Note that this function is at heart equivalent to the basic ‘set’ function.
For a variable defined with ‘defcustom’, it does not pay attention to
any :set property that the variable might have (if you want that, use
M-x customize-set-variable instead).
----
So I'm closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2010-07-07 4:52 bug#6578: 24.0.50; defcustom :set does not apply to `set-variable' Drew Adams
2019-08-21 22:52 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-08-21 23:39 ` Drew Adams
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