From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16293: 24.3.50; doc of `string-to-number' Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:20:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <545fea48-4716-4435-b0b1-0ac2efecd8d0@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388355681 2185 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2013 22:21:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:21:21 +0000 (UTC) To: 16293@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 29 23:21:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjd-0007NH-QG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 23:21:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56426 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjd-0005xg-A2 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:21:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35870) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjQ-0005xB-SL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:21:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjG-0002e3-PG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36837) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjG-0002dz-LD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:21:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOjG-000192-5u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:21:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 16293 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.13883556524374 (code B ref -1); Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 Dec 2013 22:20:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50856 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOj6-00018T-Df for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:52 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34116) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOj3-00018H-SB for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOit-0002cx-NC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:49 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:38256) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOit-0002cs-Jm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:39 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35731) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOik-0005ou-Q7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOic-0002Wg-0o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:30 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:47810) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxOib-0002Wc-Or for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:20:21 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id rBTMKKj1000908 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:20:20 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBTMKJPY006464 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:20:19 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0016.oracle.com (abhmp0016.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rBTMKJ1A023783 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:20:19 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:82719 Archived-At: Say what happens if STRING cannot successfully be parsed as a number: the function raises an error. The doc (e.g. manual) describes the parsing in a fair amount of detail, and it describes how the result can end up a floating-point number if the integer value would be too large. But it says nothing about what happens if no number can be identified for the string. In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32) of 2013-12-27 on ODIEONE Bzr revision: 115778 rgm@gnu.org-20131228000456-1797o8z6veuyozs0 Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: `configure --prefix=3D/c/Devel/emacs/binary --enable-checking=3Dyes,glyphs 'CFLAGS=3D-O0 -g3' LDFLAGS=3D-Lc:/Devel/emacs/lib CPPFLAGS=3D-Ic:/Devel/emacs/include'