Re: re-loading an elisp file

[dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)]

In article <mailman.4.1299348453.24947.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
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>And even in user init files, practice over the years has tended to reduce the
>habit of using setq in favor of taking advantage of Customize (defcustom).
>There are several reasons for that, including type-checking and initialization
>with side effects (i.e., initializing a variable can also call for other,
>related initialization operations).
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Customize -- hmmm -- interesting (though I've never used it, always preferred
edit-options kind of thing).

But please say more about your suggested use of customize in this
situation.  Thanks!


Also, some more about its type checking, and its initialization
with side-effects.

Maybe also some examples of how you use it in your code-writing.

Thanks!

David