From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 4755@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#4755: 23.1; case where `C-M-x' on defcustom doesn't seem to work
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 13:00:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-8T4+kfZ50FUMR3imxhoH7OuU+ru-dXoAhH3aY7jgwpAg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c33b41bb-0aa2-4e26-8e7f-691c8a2b0b24@default>
On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> `foo', not `toto' was customized, and the Value shown
> here is correct. But the "Original value" is incorrect.
> The "Original value" shown is the new, current value
> of `foo'. `toto' never had, as still does not have,
> that "Original value".
Ah, but this appears to be expected behaviour:
(defcustom SYMBOL STANDARD DOC &rest ARGS)
[...]
STANDARD is an expression specifying the variable's standard
value. It should not be quoted. It is evaluated once by
`defcustom', and the value is assigned to SYMBOL if the variable
is unbound. The expression itself is also stored, so that
Customize can re-evaluate it later to get the standard value.
DOC is the variable documentation.
Compare what happens with:
(defcustom time (current-time)
"the time"
:type '(list integer))
So perhaps the thing to be fixed is that describe-variable should say
"Standard value" rather than "Original value".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-05 17:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-19 0:21 bug#4755: 23.1; case where `C-M-x' on defcustom doesn't seem to work Drew Adams
2016-07-05 4:14 ` npostavs
2016-07-05 14:30 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-05 17:00 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2016-07-05 17:30 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-05 17:56 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-05 18:20 ` Drew Adams
2016-07-09 3:14 ` npostavs
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