From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:19:24 +0200 Message-ID: <83sirwzrtf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87631fje3v.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k3d9yti0.fsf@building.gnus.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391667616 32241 80.91.229.3 (6 Feb 2014 06:20:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 06:20:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6457@debbugs.gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 06 07:20:22 2014 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 1WBIJy-0004Ta-Dv for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 07:20:22 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34833 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJy-00080l-0O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:20:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52788) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJm-0007tv-QL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:20:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJf-000173-L2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:20:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37951) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJf-00016B-Hy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJf-0003gp-23 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:20:03 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:20:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6457 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 6457-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6457.139166757114134 (code B ref 6457); Thu, 06 Feb 2014 06:20:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6457) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Feb 2014 06:19:31 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51969 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJ8-0003ft-W9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:19:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout28.012.net.il ([80.179.55.184]:35537) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBIJ6-0003fl-QG for 6457@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:19:29 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.mtaout28.012.net.il by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0N0K005009JHTX00@mtaout28.012.net.il> for 6457@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:20:40 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by mtaout28.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0N0K004J59MGX410@mtaout28.012.net.il>; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:20:40 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il 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:84708 Archived-At: > From: Glenn Morris > 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.