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[77.249.18.128]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id o5sm4001809wix.3.2013.04.24.05.46.51 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:46:52 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x 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:73620 Archived-At: Hi, Try (read-number "Number: ") and insert some non-numeric junk. The expected behavior is for the read-number to recognize the faulty string and ask again, like documented in (elisp) Interactive Codes: `n' A number, read with the minibuffer. If the input is not a number, the user has to try again. This doesn't happen because read-number relies on string-to-number to throw an error, which presumably was happening some time ago. Now (string-to-number "junk") returns 0. Vitalie In GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.13) of 2013-03-12 on vitoshka-home Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11300000 System Description: Ubuntu 12.10