From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs-24.5-1-universal.dmg for macosx dumps on first keystroke
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:19:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlgzfd88y.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CABGBtwnwZx0nSopXWd5Vkz_+FiP+T7sPcmqVggNfL+x4F6akXw@mail.gmail.com
> I've had a look about and am currently none the wiser. Is there a standard
> way of handling this sort of thing in C code? Is it just a case of putting
> some sort of SYMBOLP check in before the variable is used or should we
> be able to handle a string instead of a symbol?
Usually we use things like CHECK_SYMBOL (foo), but depending on the code
signaling an error might not be a good option, in which case a SYMBOLP
check is indeed the better way.
When set via Custom the user should not be able to set the var to
a string.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-29 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-25 9:04 Emacs-24.5-1-universal.dmg for macosx dumps on first keystroke Randy Bush
2016-08-25 15:08 ` Alan Third
2016-08-25 19:10 ` Randy Bush
2016-08-25 22:38 ` Alan Third
2016-08-26 0:32 ` Randy Bush
2016-08-26 3:11 ` Randy Bush
2016-08-26 18:21 ` Alan Third
2016-08-26 19:26 ` Robert Weiner
2016-08-29 9:28 ` Alan Third
2016-08-29 9:31 ` Randy Bush
2016-08-29 9:37 ` Anders Lindgren
2016-08-29 13:19 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2016-08-29 14:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-08-29 18:37 ` Alan Third
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2016-08-25 10:04 Randy Bush
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