bug#59937: 28.2; Bad defcustom behavior

[Mauro Aranda]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> As I said in
>> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=59937*26
>> I was looking for a way to:
>> 1. Being able to create the restricted-sexp widget, even if the default
>> value for it isn't valid.
>> 2. Being able to do it without prompting the user.
>>
>> That's what the attached patch does.  AFAIU, we both agreed that that
>> approach was a good enough fix for this bug, so that the behavior of
>> certain defcustoms is less confusing.  We didn't really agree back then
>> about the warning, and I'm guessing that we still disagree on that, so I
>> didn't change anything about the warning.
>
> Thanks, Mauro.  I don't have the time now to
> check the result, but I have no problem at all
> with whatever fix you implemented.  If later
> (probably much later) I find something I think
> could be improved more in this regard, I'll
> file a new enhancement/bug request.
>
> Thx!

Ok, thank you.  I'll wait for a few days in case someone wants to chime
in, and then I'll install the fix if there are no objections.