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Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs?


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: What version of Emacs still requires '*' in defcustom docs?
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:17:43 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.93 (gnu/linux)

>> > Why is it important to make such a change?
>> Because complexity is a problem in itself and as maintainers our main
>> task is to try and keep it in check, so the code doesn't crumble under
>> its own weight.
> So do _nothing_.  No added complexity for maintainers.

The complexity is there already.  It was introduced a long time ago
by defcustom.  We now know that it is not worth the effort and it's
better to merge the two concepts, hence removing some complexity.


        Stefan



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