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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: 6457@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:19:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83sirwzrtf.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <epfvnxuieu.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:29 -0500
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> 
> > set-variable: Value `1e+19' does not match type integer of scroll-conservatively
> >
> 
> I guess this is due to the feature whereby values too large for integers
> are read as floats, eg
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-03/msg00181.html
> 
> If so, I guess it is impossible for lisp code to know whether the user
> originally typed an integer or a float. Therefore it is impossible to do
> anything about this. It frankly doesn't seem worth bothering about
> anyway.

Then "wontfix" it.





  reply	other threads:[~2014-02-06  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-18 16:06 bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable Drew Adams
2010-06-19 14:43 ` Juri Linkov
2010-06-20 14:47   ` Drew Adams
2014-02-06  0:28     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-06  1:41       ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-06  6:19         ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-02-06  6:37           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-06  6:55             ` Drew Adams
2019-08-23  5:28               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-06  8:06             ` Glenn Morris
2014-02-06  6:10       ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-02-06  6:28         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2014-02-06  8:17           ` Eli Zaretskii

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