Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 012487b: * lisp/display-line-numbers.el (display-line-numbers-type): Autoload it.

[Eli Zaretskii]

On July 25, 2017 6:22:32 AM GMT+03:00, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
> > We are miscommunicating.  By "the problem" I meant the reason(s) why
> > autoloading a defcustom should be considered undesirable, and by
> > "proposed solutions" the alternatives for making sure a defcustom'd
> > variable is defined when it is needed.
> 
> There is no need for the variable to be defined in order to `setq' it,
> which is why a simple (defvar foo) is sufficient here.
> 
> 
>         Stefan

This is not what I asked about.  I asked why autoloading defcustoms is
"considered harmful".  If it isn't, then there's nothing wrong with the
original code as pushed.