From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#14254: 24.3; read-number fails to recognize faulty numbers (string-to-number toblame) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:13:41 -0700 Message-ID: <0751605D820C43538A0D17CED57E237E@us.oracle.com> References: <87ehe0ayf9.fsf@gmail.com> <877gjsast7.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1366816451 26544 80.91.229.3 (24 Apr 2013 15:14:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:14:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14254@debbugs.gnu.org To: "'Vitalie Spinu'" , "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 24 17:14:15 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1Oe-0001z3-6G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:14:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59477 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1Od-0007JM-LR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:14:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51785) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1OW-0007FO-CF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:14:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1OR-00059g-LJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:14:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1OR-00059c-Il for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:13:59 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1TK-0001Lj-53 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14254 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14254-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14254.13668167335156 (code B ref 14254); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14254) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Apr 2013 15:18:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41139 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1TA-0001L4-Nj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:18:53 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:24174) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UV1T7-0001Kk-Ni for 14254@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:18:50 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r3OFDiUl005120 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:13:45 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3OFDhqg009716 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:13:44 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt111.oracle.com (abhmt111.oracle.com [141.146.116.63]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r3OFDg3E007490; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:13:42 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.8) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:13:42 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <877gjsast7.fsf@gmail.com> Thread-Index: Ac5A/HWkVBGpALH/RAKpDPJCrgMTbAAAYlXw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:73630 Archived-At: > >> Now (string-to-number "junk") returns 0. > > > It always did, as documented. > > That presumably means that read-number never worked as originally > expected. The comment in source file says that read-number should be > used for "n" interactive spec, but "n" spec works as expected, so > read-number is not used there. > > Wouldn't it be more natural for string-to-number to return nil rather > than 0 in a non-number case? See my last reply. It's not about `string-to-number'. It's about `read-number'. And no, it has always worked as expected, up through Emacs 24.2. It was broken in 24.3, by changing (read str) to (string-to-number str).