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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com>, andrewjmoreton@gmail.com
Cc: 32463@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 15:43:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d3eb4df0-d66e-14da-97af-ff67bdbd1518@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOqdjBdv+qk5v0GdtrV6X=zRE6XLfbp_OACfu7KZ6w6YR2ULVQ@mail.gmail.com>

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Pip Cet wrote:
> I'm attaching the patch that I think should still be applied, which
> includes some tests.

Thanks. I think most of that patch was addressed by my previous patch, except 
for the doc changes for 'random' for which I installed the attached.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 15:39:05 -0700
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Problem reported by Pip Cet (Bug#32463#20).
* doc/lispref/numbers.texi (Random Numbers):
* src/fns.c (Frandom): Adjust doc.
---
 doc/lispref/numbers.texi | 7 +++----
 src/fns.c                | 9 +++------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
index ee6456b1be..74a313e2e1 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/numbers.texi
@@ -1236,11 +1236,10 @@ Random Numbers
 This function returns a pseudo-random integer.  Repeated calls return a
 series of pseudo-random integers.
 
-If @var{limit} is a positive integer, the value is chosen to be
+If @var{limit} is a positive fixnum, the value is chosen to be
 nonnegative and less than @var{limit}.  Otherwise, the value might be
-any integer representable in Lisp, i.e., an integer between
-@code{most-negative-fixnum} and @code{most-positive-fixnum}
-(@pxref{Integer Basics}).
+any fixnum, i.e., any integer from @code{most-negative-fixnum} through
+@code{most-positive-fixnum} (@pxref{Integer Basics}).
 
 If @var{limit} is @code{t}, it means to choose a new seed as if Emacs
 were restarting, typically from the system entropy.  On systems
diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index f6e6803641..a11de1b082 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -56,15 +56,12 @@ DEFUN ("identity", Fidentity, Sidentity, 1, 1, 0,
 }
 
 DEFUN ("random", Frandom, Srandom, 0, 1, 0,
-       doc: /* Return a pseudo-random number.
-All integers representable in Lisp, i.e. between `most-negative-fixnum'
-and `most-positive-fixnum', inclusive, are equally likely.
-
-With positive integer LIMIT, return random number in interval [0,LIMIT).
+       doc: /* Return a pseudo-random integer.
+By default, return a fixnum; all fixnums are equally likely.
+With positive fixnum LIMIT, return random integer in interval [0,LIMIT).
 With argument t, set the random number seed from the system's entropy
 pool if available, otherwise from less-random volatile data such as the time.
 With a string argument, set the seed based on the string's contents.
-Other values of LIMIT are ignored.
 
 See Info node `(elisp)Random Numbers' for more details.  */)
   (Lisp_Object limit)
-- 
2.17.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-08-18 22:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-08-17  3:29 bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903 Katsumi Yamaoka
2018-08-17  5:59 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-17  7:40   ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2018-08-17  9:27   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-17 11:36     ` Pip Cet
2018-08-17 11:53       ` Pip Cet
2018-08-17 13:27         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-18 22:43         ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2018-08-17 13:24       ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-18 18:48       ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-18 18:59         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-18 19:58           ` Pip Cet
2018-08-18 22:27             ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-19 15:03             ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-18 19:59           ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-18 19:45         ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-19 10:43           ` Live System User
2018-08-20  3:02       ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-20  3:47         ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-21  3:37           ` Richard Stallman
2018-08-18 22:56 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-18 23:17   ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-19 10:34   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-19 10:48   ` Pip Cet
2018-08-19 10:59     ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-19 11:32       ` Pip Cet
2018-08-21  9:40         ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-21 10:50           ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-21 14:36           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-21 14:52             ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-21 17:24             ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-19 10:52   ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22  2:29     ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22 16:56   ` Tom Tromey
2018-08-22 17:52     ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22 18:25       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-23  0:28         ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-23  2:39           ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-19 18:00 ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-22  2:34 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22 23:27   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-23 14:05     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-22  2:56 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-22  8:20   ` Andy Moreton
2018-08-22  8:39 ` Andy Moreton

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