From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione@gmail.com>
Cc: 7006@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7006: Reader oddity after ?\^ --- should signal error if invalid instead of being garbage
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:57:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3hb6p6k3y.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=5FKPxGh3-5S2WzYKZeZNoP=Gv2ZD-+FCRr6A1@mail.gmail.com> (Daniel Colascione's message of "Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:25:52 -0700")
Daniel Colascione <dan.colascione@gmail.com> writes:
> ?\^ is supposed to be the prefix for a control character --- for
> example, ?\^g. However, the character following the ^ can be a
> non-existent control character like ' ' or ')'. Currently, the reader
> outputs a nonsense value in this case. Instead, the reader ought to
> signal an error.
Hm, yes:
?\^9
=> 67108921
That seems awfully confusing.
(format "%x" 67108921)
=> "4000039"
Does anybody know whether this a feature or a bug?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-14 13:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-09 21:25 bug#7006: Reader oddity after ?\^ --- should signal error if invalid instead of being garbage Daniel Colascione
2010-09-10 2:51 ` MON KEY
2011-07-14 13:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-14 14:50 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-17 2:16 ` Stefan Monnier
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