From: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@md5i.com>
Cc: 8033@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8033: Not the byte compiler; problem lies deeper
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:25:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pqquuuck.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkpy6zhg.fsf@maru.md5i.com> (Michael Welsh Duggan's message of "Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:08:27 -0500")
Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i@md5i.com> writes:
> Because the byte compiler uses something like `print' in order to create
> the forms in the elc file, and some "1.0"'s in the
> `gnus-buffer-configuration' get rendered as "1" in the elc file. Hence,
> when the .elc file gets loaded instead of the .el file (and why not, it
> is more recent), you get the bogus integer value instead of the float
> value.
>
> This is also why this issue will not occur for people who have not
> bootstrapped, since gnus-win.el has not changed. It does not get
> recompiled, and as a result the elc file left behind by a previous
> compile still has the "1.0" values in it.
Ah yes, of course.
I've committed your patch. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-02-14 22:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-14 5:43 bug#8033: 24.0.50; Number type error in byte compiler Chong Yidong
2011-02-14 6:58 ` bug#8033: Not the byte compiler; problem lies deeper Michael Welsh Duggan
2011-02-14 11:22 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2011-02-14 20:25 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2011-02-14 21:52 ` Chong Yidong
2011-02-14 22:08 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
2011-02-14 22:25 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2011-02-14 22:10 ` Michael Welsh Duggan
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