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bug#13699: 24.2.93; multiple defcustoms for one variable
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#13699: 24.2.93; multiple defcustoms for one variable |
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Date: |
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:10:34 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
"Roland Winkler" wrote:
> The actual value of foo is the original value from bar.el,
> but "Original value was baz" denies the fact that this value
> stems from bar.el.
Similar thing with defvar.
> I noticed this problem with the variable mail-signature which
> sendmail.el initializes with a value of t. But my old version of vm
> also initialized it with a value of nil.
That's just a bug in that version of VM.
> I suggest that multiple calls of defcustom appearing for the same
> variable in different files should be handled consistently so that
> it becomes possible to trace back how the value of the variable
> came about.
Multiple defcustoms (or defvars) for the same variable are bugs, so it
is unlikely to be a high priority to improve their treatment.