> From: Ship Mints <shipmi...@gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 09:14:54 -0400
>
> This one bit me yesterday on Emacs 29.3 as I was revising my init file (for
> the thousandth time this week).
>
> As setopt becomes more widely recommended, people will likely encounter
> situations like the below where they
> expect constant numeric types to be coerced.
>
> (defcustom temp-float "Float"
> "Float type."
> :type 'float)
>
> (setopt temp-float 2.0) ; works
> (setopt temp-float 2) ; Warning (emacs): Value '2' does not match type float
If you are going to allow integer values, shouldn't :type be 'number,
not 'float? The documentation of 'float says:
‘float’
The value must be floating point.
"Must be floating point." The value 2 isn't.
