From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#58319: 29.0.50; Not logical compilation warnings Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 13:06:46 +0300 Message-ID: References: <86o7uq5ds3.fsf@protected.rcdrun.com> <837d1dsehw.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="37791"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.7+37 (a90f69b) (2022-09-02) Cc: 58319@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 06 12:50:04 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ogOS3-0009bt-UI for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:50:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49840 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ogOS2-0005z9-Tj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:50:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52872) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ogNx4-00063y-62 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59957) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ogNx3-0004bc-ST for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:18:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ogNx3-0007fi-Mz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jean Louis Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:18:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58319 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 58319-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58319.166505146729453 (code B ref 58319); Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:18:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58319) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Oct 2022 10:17:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59029 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ogNwp-0007ey-Dc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:17:47 -0400 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:44673) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ogNwn-0007ek-Lz for 58319@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 06:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.239.4.113]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.3,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000000BA40E.00000000633EAB44.00004E37; Thu, 06 Oct 2022 03:17:39 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <837d1dsehw.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:244634 Archived-At: * Eli Zaretskii [2022-10-06 08:35]: > > From: "Jean Louis" > > Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:25:00 +0300 > > > > > > I am testing new function M-x emacs-lisp-native-compile-and-load > > and I can see some new warnings that I have not seen before. > > The aspects of the warnings you are asking about have nothing to do > with native-compilation, the warnings are emitted by the byte > compiler. Thanks, I get understanding. > > These warnings are not enlightening neither helpful. > > Maybe you need to get used to what they say, that's all. Of course I can get used to less meaningful expression, but I protest against such. > > It is not clear what the sign + after number means. It is unclear if it > > means "5 and more" or "more than five". That sign is not helpful. > > It means 5 or more. Usually, it means the function's signature has 5 > mandatory arguments and then something like "&rest args". > > To me it looks same 5+ and 5-10, as both mean to me that it is 5 and > > more arguments. But maybe author wants to say what it should mean. > > Emacs can only say "5-10" when the function uses &optional, because > only in that case it is possible to know how many more can follow. > > I think this format of warnings exists since about forever. That means when it says "5-10" that it is limited to 10, and "5+" means it is not limited to how many arguments it can take. That meaning is not clearly expressed, it is something only insiders know. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/