* Re: master 52e527a02f 2/2: Make ?\LF generate 10, not -1 (bug#55738)
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@ 2022-06-03 1:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-06-03 9:34 ` Mattias Engdegård
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2022-06-03 1:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Mattias Engdegård
> Make ?\LF generate 10, not -1 (bug#55738)
I think I'd prefer if it signaled an error.
Stefan
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2022-06-03 1:22 ` master 52e527a02f 2/2: Make ?\LF generate 10, not -1 (bug#55738) Stefan Monnier
@ 2022-06-03 9:34 ` Mattias Engdegård
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From: Mattias Engdegård @ 2022-06-03 9:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: emacs-devel
3 juni 2022 kl. 03.22 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>> Make ?\LF generate 10, not -1 (bug#55738)
>
> I think I'd prefer if it signaled an error.
I would, too -- done. There is no way such code could be anything other than a mistake.
And look what turns up during bootstrapping:
(defvar idlwave-comment-indent-char ?\
The idlwave.el history provides some entertainment:
f32b3b911bb Carsten Dominik 1999-12-20 ?\SPC (initial commit)
775591f7677 Juanma Barranquero 2002-10-18 ?\SPC -> ?\LF
93af03f0a1c Markus Rost 2003-07-21 ?\LF -> ?\s
52a244ebe2b J.D. Smith 2004-11-17 ?\s -> ?\SPC
b6a97790db0 Juanma Barranquero 2005-06-16 ?\SPC -> ?\LF
3938cb82d0f J.D. Smith 2005-07-04 ?\LF -> ?\SPC
31b58798cba Juanma Barranquero 2005-07-04 ?\SPC -> ?\LF
f66f03dec52 J.D. Smith 2006-04-06 ?\LF -> ?\SPC
4b1aaa8b07c Paul Eggert 2006-09-12 ?\SPC -> ?\LF
Not only is this a strong argument supporting your preference for an error here, it's also an indication that automatically removing trailing spaces isn't necessarily a wonderful idea (I never do that myself).
(This particular variable hasn't been used for some time so the damage is limited in this case.)
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