Re: Always-true predicate?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2021 09:09:25 -0600
> Cc: rpluim@gmail.com, larsi@gnus.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Could you elaborate on how it makes it harder to customize?
> >
> > Isn't it clear that typing a function at set-variable's prompt is much
> > less convenient than typing an atom, like a symbol, a string, or a
> > number?  For starters, it is much more typing.  And then it's easy to
> > make a mistake, which will require you to start over again.
> 
> Oh, sorry I misunderstood you.  I thought we only talked about
> "customizing" in reference to `customize'.

I almost never use "M-x customize" for variables, as set-variable is
so much easier and faster.  I expect many veteran users do the same.