From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44155: Print integers as characters Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:41:49 +0200 Message-ID: <83pn4weuf6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <877drh7unm.fsf@igel.home> <87lffxuwgn.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87d0172yev.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83mu0afcex.fsf@gnu.org> <87wnzenmwc.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83imayf5f2.fsf@gnu.org> <878sbrc317.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83h7qecps2.fsf@gnu.org> <87imaury51.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83y2jpazc9.fsf@gnu.org> <87imaskarj.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83lffob1zp.fsf@gnu.org> <87pn4ynok3.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <1pimaq6kom.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87v9epa4we.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83wnz5f6tx.fsf@gnu.org> <877dr52ai7.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <831rhcgbat.fsf@gnu.org> <877dr4zy9s.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27242"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 44155@debbugs.gnu.org, rgm@gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 01 20:43:12 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJFw-00071c-Pv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:43:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40710 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJFv-0008Cp-PB for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:43:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46146) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJFm-0008CZ-Pt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55295) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJFm-0004Fe-Ga for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:43:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJFm-00020i-Fd for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:43:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44155 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed patch Original-Received: via spool by 44155-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44155.16042597327656 (code B ref 44155); Sun, 01 Nov 2020 19:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44155) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2020 19:42:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38605 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJEx-0001zQ-Qj for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:42:12 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45964) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJEw-0001zB-4s for 44155@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:42:10 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:59809) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJEp-000498-J6; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:42:03 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3339 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kZJEn-0002Id-GL; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:42:01 -0500 In-Reply-To: <877dr4zy9s.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:13:03 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:192450 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Cc: rgm@gnu.org, 44155@debbugs.gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org > Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 21:13:03 +0200 > > >> >> if (EQ (Vinteger_output_format, Qt) && CHARACTERP (obj) > >> >> - && (c = XFIXNUM (obj))) > >> >> + && (c = XFIXNUM (obj)) && ! CHAR_BYTE8_P (c)) > >> > > >> > If a test fails, it is better to fix the test and not make the code > >> > less powerful, don't you agree? > >> > >> This means sweeping the problems under the carpet. > > > > Which problem? > > Problem of ambiguous numbers 128 and 4194176 that are both printed as ?\200. Octal escapes are generally a sign of a raw byte. This is not different from buffer display -- how do you know what does ?\200 mean inside buffer text? > ?\200 and 128 are two forms of the same character too. See my question above. I don't think what you say is true.