From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: "Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 24369@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24369: Docu of prefix-numeric-value
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 21:57:58 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83twdub2dl.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ed187b18-51c9-795e-99a7-1682d6b44097@easy-emacs.de> (message from Andreas Röhler on Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:33:21 +0200)
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 24369@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>
> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:33:21 +0200
>
> > • ‘nil’, meaning there is no prefix argument. Its numeric value is
> > 1,
>
> That's the point:
>
> Value of nil is 1
No, the _numeric_ value of nil is 1. IOW, nil, when interpreted as a
number, is 1. An entirely different story.
> Consistency means something different.
The numeric value of nil is consistently 1.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-05 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-05 7:52 bug#24369: Docu of prefix-numeric-value Andreas Röhler
2016-09-05 15:57 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-05 17:44 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-05 17:46 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-05 17:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-09-05 18:33 ` Andreas Röhler
2016-09-05 18:57 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-09-05 21:03 ` Drew Adams
2017-07-17 1:37 ` npostavs
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