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Re: Comments on setopt


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: Comments on setopt
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 23:54:39 -0500

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  > This macro sets a customizable variable in Emacs, it's not related to
  > `getopt'.  Here is its definition:

Since it isn't meant for the command line options that `getopt' examines,
the name `setopt' is misleading.  (It already misled me!)
This name should be changed to something longer and clearer.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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