From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 13568@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13568: 24.3.50; wishlist: add a `group-p' predicate
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:11:34 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e451a2fe-76da-4acd-8ad9-59de15a785ce@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87shy41kqx.fsf@gnus.org>
> >> > Subject line says it all: Please add a predicate `group-p' that
> >> > returns non-nil if its symbol arg is a loaded customize group
> >> > (i.e. defined by a defgroup that has been evaluated).
> >>
> >> What the use case for such a function?
> >
> > Uh, to test whether a given symbol corresponds to "a loaded
> > customize group (i.e. defined by a defgroup that has been
> > evaluated)."
>
> And what's the use case for that? Why do you want to know whether a
> symbol has been used as a customization group?
Why wouldn't I? A custom group is a thing. If you have
code that uses that thing (and that is what the thing
is for) then it is reasonable to be able to test for
that thingness.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-29 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-27 18:24 bug#13568: 24.3.50; wishlist: add a `group-p' predicate Drew Adams
2016-04-28 22:06 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-29 15:44 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-29 15:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-29 18:11 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2016-04-29 18:29 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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