From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19114: 25.0.50; doc string of `eval-expression-print-format' is inappropriate Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:33:48 +0200 Message-ID: <8760uznmar.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87pot7nn86.fsf@gnus.org> <87k2jf3yns.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462030487 21156 80.91.229.3 (30 Apr 2016 15:34:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:34:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19114@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 30 17:34:30 2016 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 1awWuc-0003Pm-F1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:34:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58796 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWuY-00014f-Pe for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59555) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWuP-0000q9-Jf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWuD-0007NS-Pn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:12 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45605) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1awWuD-0007MR-MY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWuA-0005Tw-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19114 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19114-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19114.146203044121070 (code B ref 19114); Sat, 30 Apr 2016 15:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19114) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Apr 2016 15:34:01 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57942 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWu6-0005Te-07 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:34:01 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:57689) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWu1-0005TT-IO for 19114@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 11:33:57 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.1.64.getinternet.no ([84.215.1.64] helo=mouse) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awWtw-0003kf-SO; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:33:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87k2jf3yns.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:27:03 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:117348 Archived-At: Michael Heerdegen writes: > Lars Ingebrigtsen writes: > >> I don't know quite what they're trying to express here... > > Seems this function does only return a non-nil value for integer > values. It seems to be responsible for printing it in octal, hex, and > as a character. Yes. Its name and its doc string seems to suggest that it's doing something general, but it's doing something very particular: Formatting an "extended integer" explanation in some circumstances. I'll rewrite the doc string to say that it's doing that. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no