From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 32252@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 05:38:09 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83zhyhuzn2.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d305c7e8-e4d6-5afd-83ca-989a5c1d897a@cs.ucla.edu> (message from Paul Eggert on Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:04:48 -0700)
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:04:48 -0700
>
> ** Numbers formatted via %o or %x are now formatted as signed integers.
> Formerly they were formatted using machine-dependent two's complement
> representations. The new behavior is machine-independent, avoids
> misbehavior in calls like (read (format "#x%x" -1)), and is more
> compatible with bignums, a planned feature. To get the old behavior,
> set the new, experimental variable binary-as-unsigned to t and please
> email 32252@debbugs.gnu.org if you need that. Because %o and %x now
> format signed integers, they now support the + and space flags.
> (Bug#32252).
Please don't put bug numbers in NEWS. If some bug is important for
NEWS (I doubt that it ever could be), describe it instead.
NEWS is for people who want to grasp changes at a glance, we shouldn't
bother them with looking up bugs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-07-24 2:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-23 19:12 bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers Paul Eggert
2018-07-23 19:48 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-23 19:49 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-23 23:30 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 1:20 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-24 2:04 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2018-07-24 2:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 14:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-24 4:15 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-23 23:39 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 1:16 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-25 3:53 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-25 21:56 ` Drew Adams
2018-07-27 3:20 ` Richard Stallman
2018-07-24 4:49 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-24 14:22 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 14:35 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-07-24 18:15 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-25 0:50 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 2:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-25 17:21 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 17:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-26 7:44 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-26 8:04 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 8:16 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 6:58 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 7:59 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-26 8:43 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 9:15 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-26 9:39 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 9:31 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-07-26 9:40 ` Robert Pluim
2018-07-26 9:56 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 16:55 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-26 17:16 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 17:50 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-26 18:35 ` Helmut Eller
2018-07-26 21:07 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 18:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-25 0:54 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 8:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2018-07-25 20:16 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-25 14:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-07-25 23:33 ` Brett Gilio
2018-07-26 7:26 ` Paul Eggert
2018-07-24 16:26 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-25 10:08 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-26 12:52 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-26 12:54 ` Andy Moreton
2018-07-26 17:18 ` Helmut Eller
2018-08-23 9:37 ` Helmut Eller
2022-07-04 1:03 ` bug#32252: i find binary-as-unsigned to be very helpful snickerbockers
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