Re: master f995fbd: * lisp/server.el (server-name): Add autoload cookie. (Bug#23576)

[Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>> Autoloading defcustoms just so people can set them interactively before
>> the associated package is loaded is a Bad Thing.
>
> I don't understand why.  Can you explain?  That's not the only
> defcustom that is marked as autoloaded.

It's the Emacs policy, and has been for years, to not autoload
defcustoms unless it's really needed for some special reason. Eg

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2007-06/msg00360.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-01/msg01145.html

I agree with Stefan. It's just wrong. Don't try to solve a generic
issue by autoloading the world one piece at a time.

>> IMO it would have been better to simply remove the bit about
>> set-variable from the manual.
>
> I don't see why we should remove useful advice from the manual, just
> because it's inconvenient to make it work.

It's not useful advice. This is the only instance of M-x set-variable in
the entire manual! No-one using multiple servers (a relatively advanced
feature) needs that crutch. It adds nothing to the manual to have it
there, and it should be taken out.