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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: 56400@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56400: Make setopt warn on type mismatch
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:32:29 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmnTFP_291kpAzSotCZ_JgxXK2ZL_UrOmJcCYLhRcCr8ww@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Severity: wishlist

Why not make `setopt' warn in case there is a type mismatch?
For example, in:

    (setopt tetris-buffer-width "hello")

But the type of `tetris-buffer-width' is natnum.

I think this would save users from shooting themselves in the foot.
If they are sure they want to do that, they can use `setq' or
`customize-set-variable' directly.





             reply	other threads:[~2022-07-05 15:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-05 15:32 Stefan Kangas [this message]
2022-07-05 16:57 ` bug#56400: Make setopt warn on type mismatch Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-05 17:08   ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-05 17:32     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-05 17:42       ` Stefan Kangas
2022-07-05 18:07         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-05 18:51 ` Juri Linkov

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