Re: custom-set-variables considered harmful

[Robert Weiner]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:

Here's a crazy possibility (not a suggestion, but maybe
food for thought): Make `setq' do `customize-set-variable'
for an option and do what it does now otherwise.

​I have been wondering about this too.  Are there any arguments for not having setq run the setter of a custom option when available?  Is it a performance issue?

Is it a load ordering issue?

If there is no fundamental issue, then this would be great because one wouldn't have to worry about the type of a variable when setting it.

Bob