Re: 23.0.60; Feature request: eval-defun on defcustom :initialize / :set

[Sam Steingold]

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Reiner Steib wrote:
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| I think `eval-defun' (C-M-x) on a defcustom which has should evaluate
| the :initialize or :set function.
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| Real-life example: Changing the list of regexps in
| `smiley-regexp-alist' and doing `C-M-x' has no effect.  I modified and
| evaluated the defcustom several times until I noticed that I need to
| eval `(smiley-update-cache)' as well before my change does anything.

it is not obvious that this is correct.
defcustom is similar to defvar which does not set the the variable if it
is already defined.

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