Re: A fundamental problem with defcustoms that are lists

[martin rudalics]

> If you customize such an option and the default values are changed you
> will not notice because when your setting is used Emacs never sees the
> changes in default.
>
> This mean that any enhancements or bug corrections to the default will
> never be used.

This problem is comparable to what happens when you change a file under
version control and subsequently update from the repository.  You have
to decide whether and how to merge your changes with those from the
repository.  A similar merge mechanism would be needed for customize.

martin