# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1037594967 0
# Node ID cd3ad87f8d7ad9c1bb9d4f68ac79d42be0514ae6
# Parent  68ad51bc733810d9e71a11f0b7da26af2108189b
Clarify evaluation of :type arg in defcustom.

diff -r 68ad51bc7338 -r cd3ad87f8d7a lispref/customize.texi
--- a/lispref/customize.texi	Mon Nov 18 04:36:18 2002 +0000
+++ b/lispref/customize.texi	Mon Nov 18 04:49:27 2002 +0000
@@ -344,9 +344,10 @@
 customization buffer for editing.
 
   You specify the customization type in @code{defcustom} with the
-@code{:type} keyword.  The argument of @code{:type} is evaluated; since
-types that vary at run time are rarely useful, normally you use a quoted
-constant.  For example:
+@code{:type} keyword.  The argument of @code{:type} is evaluated, but
+only once when the @code{defcustom} is executed, so it isn't useful
+for the value to vary.  Normally we use a quoted constant.  For
+example:
 
 @example
 (defcustom diff-command "diff"