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@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ The following keywords are meaningful:
given in the `defcustom' call. The default is
`custom-initialize-reset'.
:set VALUE should be a function to set the value of the symbol
- when using the Customize user interface.
- It takes two arguments, the symbol to set and the value to
- give it. The default choice of function is `set-default'.
+ when using the Customize user interface. It takes two arguments,
+ the symbol to set and the value to give it. The function should
+ not modify its value argument destructively. The default choice
+ of function is `set-default'.
:get VALUE should be a function to extract the value of symbol.
The function takes one argument, a symbol, and should return
the current value for that symbol. The default choice of function