Re: customize type spec not being followed?

[Philipp Stephani]

Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> schrieb am So., 24. Dez. 2017 um 13:10 Uhr:

> On Sunday, December 24, 2017 at 5:31:55 PM UTC+5:30, Philipp Stephani
> wrote:
> > Rusi  schrieb am So., 24. Dez. 2017 um 12:50 Uhr:
> >
> > >
> > > So my question: When the type says character why does it show as
> integer?
> > >
> >
> > Because characters are integers. See
> >
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Character-Type.html
> > .
>
> In (info "(elisp)simple types")
> we find
>
> ‘character’
>      The value must be a character code.  A character code is actually
>      an integer, but this type shows the value by inserting the
>      character in the buffer, rather than by showing the number.
>


Ah, that only describes the behavior of the Customize widget, the help
screen is unrelated. `describe-variable' uses `prin1-to-string', which
doesn't know about customization types.