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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: 44155@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org
Subject: bug#44155: Print integers as characters
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:51:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <831rhcgbat.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877dr52ai7.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:39:48 +0200)

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: rgm@gnu.org,  44155@debbugs.gnu.org,  schwab@linux-m68k.org
> Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:39:48 +0200
> 
> >>  	if (EQ (Vinteger_output_format, Qt) && CHARACTERP (obj)
> >> -	    && (c = XFIXNUM (obj)))
> >> +	    && (c = XFIXNUM (obj)) && ! CHAR_BYTE8_P (c))
> >
> > If a test fails, it is better to fix the test and not make the code
> > less powerful, don't you agree?
> 
> This means sweeping the problems under the carpet.

Which problem?

> >   (decode-char 'eight-bit ?\200)
> >
> > Can't this be used in the test?
> 
> Using this code in tests means that the users should use the same code
> in their programs.

Why would they need to do that?  The test needs it because it wants to
verify the result, but "normal" programs don't need to read back the
values they printed.

> Thus 'print' should print '(33 4194176) as such ugly code:
> `(?! ,(decode-char 'eight-bit ?\200))

I don't see why.  ?\200 and 4194176 are two forms of the same
character.





  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-01 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-08 12:05 bug#43866: 26.3; italian postfix additions Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 12:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-08 12:34   ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 12:39   ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-08 12:57     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-08 13:54       ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-08 14:24         ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-08 14:32           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-08 13:26     ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 14:00       ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-13 20:07     ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-14  2:31       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14  8:07         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-14 15:07           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-14 19:40             ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-15  2:34               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-19 20:45                 ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-19 23:12                   ` Stefan Kangas
2020-10-20 18:42                     ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-20 14:12                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 14:47                     ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-20 15:50                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-20 18:44                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-20 19:05                     ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21  8:11                       ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-21 14:29                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 14:40                           ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-21 15:23                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 17:30                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-20 19:56                     ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21 14:02                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 17:23                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21 18:16                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 18:27                             ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-21 18:35                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-21 19:39                                 ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-22 12:59                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-22 20:56                                     ` bug#44155: Print integers as characters Juri Linkov
2020-10-22 22:39                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2020-10-23  8:16                                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-23  8:32                                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-24 19:53                                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-25 17:22                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-25 19:09                                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-25 19:53                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-27 20:08                                                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-28 15:51                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-28 19:41                                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-29 14:20                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-29 21:00                                                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-30  7:35                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-31 20:11                                                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-31 23:27                                                                 ` Glenn Morris
2020-11-01  7:58                                                                   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 15:13                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-01 18:39                                                                       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 18:51                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-01 19:13                                                                           ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 19:41                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-01 20:16                                                                               ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 12:03                                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-01 18:35                                         ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 20:52                                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-02 21:36                                             ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-02 23:03                                               ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-03  8:30                                                 ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-03 15:24                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-03 18:47                                                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-03 19:36                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-04 11:03                                                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-04 15:38                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-04 16:46                                                           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-04 16:58                                                             ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-11-06 13:02                                                               ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-04-30 12:19                                     ` bug#43866: 26.3; italian postfix additions Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-30 12:29                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-30 14:49                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-30 15:26                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-04-30 18:49                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-29 13:35                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-15  3:52         ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-14  4:38       ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-14  8:11         ` Juri Linkov
2020-10-14 10:43         ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-15  3:54           ` Richard Stallman
2020-10-14 14:56         ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-08 15:23 ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-10-08 15:35   ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-08 16:22     ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 15:42   ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-08 16:10   ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 17:18     ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-08 17:28       ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-08 17:59       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-10-08 19:55         ` Francesco Potortì
2020-10-09  4:42         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-09 11:26           ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-10-09 11:53             ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2020-10-09 12:45               ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-09 14:31                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-09 14:48                   ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-09 15:04                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-10 20:54                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-12  9:26                         ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-09 15:05                   ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-10-09 15:08                     ` Robert Pluim
2020-10-09 15:28                       ` Mattias Engdegård
2020-10-09 15:10                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-10-09 15:21                       ` Robert Pluim

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