From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: customization of variables defined in C
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:58:28 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvfwvmdwch.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yeeib6rzcc.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:28:35 -0400")
>>> Fix bug#7306; customization of minor-mode variables defined in C.
>> This is really not heading in the right direction: I'd rather stick to
>> the use of defcustom, than trying to mimick a "defcustom without its
>> inner defvar because that part's already done in C".
> Oh. It seems like the right solution to me. Else why does cus-start
> even exist, and contain > 100 variables?
Because it's good to avoid duplication. But the patches you've installed
recently are going into the "messy" side of Custom, tilting the balance
towards "maybe duplication isn't that bad in the end".
Stefan
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2010-10-31 18:28 ` customization of variables defined in C [was Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r102154: Fix bug#7306; customization of minor-mode variables defined in C.] Glenn Morris
2010-10-31 18:58 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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