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bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to


From: Gregory Heytings
Subject: bug#21695: 25.0.50; Change most occurrences of `setq' in Emacs manual to `customize-set-variable'? Really?
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:52:39 +0000


Because init files are typically not bytecompiled, and because that would not catch interactive uses with e.g. M-:.

Both would be most unwelcome here. I often use `setq' in short "init" files for debugging purposes and sometimes use `setq' via M-: during debugging. In neither of these cases I wanted to be disturbed by any warnings. I would, however, welcome being warned when a user option is overridden by a package I load, either by a local binding or `setq'. At compile time.


The point is not to display unnecessary warnings. The point is only to display warnings for custom variables that should not be set with setq because they have a :set form, or IOW, to display warnings for custom variables that should be set with customize-set-variables.





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