From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: evaluating numbers Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 08:10:14 +0000 Message-ID: <390FA00F-15C2-4FB8-BE5E-688C4852B820@gnu.org> References: <875zjw2emg.fsf@gmx.net> <618B38D9-CD34-4200-8CA1-1A6B0922A83A@traduction-libre.org> <871ruk2d3f.fsf@gmx.net> <3C929D7B-1C10-4713-9EDA-55C80FC36AD8@traduction-libre.org> <835zjvg385.fsf@gnu.org> <83sgmyd6rw.fsf@gnu.org> <835zjucwbz.fsf@gnu.org> <628A3663-BDD3-47C5-B4F4-E260FD900691@traduction-libre.org> <83o8xla50f.fsf@gnu.org> <8336ex9sow.fsf@gnu.org> <4836980E-C425-466C-BB86-5E962C4B3F96@traduction-libre.org> <87zhh440lw.fsf@hase.home> <87y2wn7ot1.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87a791nntq.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <67D32201-231E-436B-A1AC-BF1115C4FB78@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="48354"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android Cc: Jean-Christophe Helary , Emacs development discussions To: Drew Adams , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Juri Linkov , Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 13 09:10:31 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iUnjR-000CQB-Vi for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 09:10:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41894 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iUnjQ-00057a-SC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:10:28 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34951) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iUnjJ-00057I-TU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:10:22 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:53274) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iUnjI-0003CJ-PC; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:10:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.12.221.248] (port=36785 helo=[10.209.162.7]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iUnjH-0003gn-33; Wed, 13 Nov 2019 03:10:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:242122 Archived-At: On November 12, 2019 11:30:47 PM GMT, Drew Adams wrote: > > > I don't see the default value there, but shouldn't it > > > be the value of (max-char)? > > > > > > If the point of printing the value as a character is > > > to print it as a character, why wouldn't the default > > > behavior be to print any possible character as a character? > >=20 > > Please don't reopen old disputes=2E The default is 127=2E >=20 > I didn't realize there was a "dispute", old or young=2E >=20 > I just came across this thread=2E Tracing it back to > its beginning (which was only 5 days ago), I see that > the default is 127, and it was apparently previously > much bigger=2E Too bad, but not a big deal=2E Originally, there was no limit=2E But people complained about Emacs displ= aying characters they didn't care about and slowly searching for a suitable= font while at that=2E So we've added a customizable limit some time ago, = after a long discussion=2E