Re: Defaults for set-variable

[David Kastrup]

Juri Linkov <address@hidden> writes:

>> What's a bit unfortunate is that the name `set-variable' is already
>> taken (it really means `set-user-option').  `set-any-variable'?
>
> What about adding an interactive spec for `setq' which works for
> any variable:
>
>     M-x setq RET variable RET value RET

That would be a mistake, since "q", the need for quoting, is a feature
of the Lisp evaluator, not of the function.  So the right function to
give an interactive spec would be "set", not "setq".

And I am uneasy about giving a low level primitive this sort of
accessibility.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum