Re: Emacs-24.5-1-universal.dmg for macosx dumps on first keystroke

[Stefan Monnier]

> I've had a look about and am currently none the wiser. Is there a standard
> way of handling this sort of thing in C code? Is it just a case of putting
> some sort of SYMBOLP check in before the variable is used or should we
> be able to handle a string instead of a symbol?

Usually we use things like CHECK_SYMBOL (foo), but depending on the code
signaling an error might not be a good option, in which case a SYMBOLP
check is indeed the better way.

When set via Custom the user should not be able to set the var to
a string.


        Stefan