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: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:03:03 +0200 Message-ID: <83imnl2sxk.fsf@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> <831rua95mg.fsf@gnu.org> <4801DEB3-937A-4777-8E99-C2CA2234F8A0@traduction-libre.org> <83eeya5yl6.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="12443"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 15 14:04:08 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 1iVbGi-00036d-El for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:04:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38994 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iVbGh-0002d0-8C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:04:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48701) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iVbFt-0002cf-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:03:18 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:55407) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iVbFs-0000A7-Sl; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:03:16 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1521 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iVbFs-0001VZ-4A; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:03:16 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Jean-Christophe Helary on Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:36:21 +0900) 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:242230 Archived-At: > From: Jean-Christophe Helary > Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 19:36:21 +0900 > > Whatever I read about characters starts with the statement "Characters are integers" or a differently worded equivalent. > > There is nothing that says why or how. The answer to "why" is "because that's how characters are implemented". The answer to "how" is "by interpreting the integer as character when the context requires that".