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2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e0891e1947c..a9cf1b0f88f 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
2015-03-14 Daniel Colascione <dancol@dancol.org>
+ * widget.el (define-widget): Check that documentation is a string
+ or nil; prevent wailing and gnashing of teeth when users forget to
+ pass a docstring and wonder why their properties don't work.
+
* startup.el (command-line): Process "--no-x-resources".
2015-03-13 Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin@yahoo.com.au>
diff --git a/lisp/widget.el b/lisp/widget.el
index f8faa0f379b..539f91e63a0 100644
--- a/lisp/widget.el
+++ b/lisp/widget.el
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ create identical widgets:
* (apply 'widget-create CLASS ARGS)
The third argument DOC is a documentation string for the widget."
+ ;;
+ (unless (or (null doc) (stringp doc))
+ (error "widget documentation must be `nil' or a string."))
(put name 'widget-type (cons class args))
(put name 'widget-documentation (purecopy doc))
name)