From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: 13699@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13699: 24.2.93; multiple defcustoms for one variable
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:10:34 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u338x16sd1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a9r9s3ua.fsf@lukas.physics.niu.edu> (Roland Winkler's message of "Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:57:01 -0600")
"Roland Winkler" wrote:
> The actual value of foo is the original value from bar.el,
> but "Original value was baz" denies the fact that this value
> stems from bar.el.
Similar thing with defvar.
> I noticed this problem with the variable mail-signature which
> sendmail.el initializes with a value of t. But my old version of vm
> also initialized it with a value of nil.
That's just a bug in that version of VM.
> I suggest that multiple calls of defcustom appearing for the same
> variable in different files should be handled consistently so that
> it becomes possible to trace back how the value of the variable
> came about.
Multiple defcustoms (or defvars) for the same variable are bugs, so it
is unlikely to be a high priority to improve their treatment.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-02-12 23:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-12 19:57 bug#13699: 24.2.93; multiple defcustoms for one variable Roland Winkler
2013-02-12 23:10 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2013-02-12 23:23 ` Roland Winkler
2013-02-12 23:54 ` Glenn Morris
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