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.devel Subject: Re: obnoxious byte-compiler warning from using lsh Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:18:32 +0300 Message-ID: <83v8cbkipj.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20230908032609.989175.FMU1197@unexploded-cow.prv.splode.com> <8334zoyj9h.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="4218"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: noah@splode.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 15 09:19:44 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1qh37A-0000uf-95 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:19:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qh36G-0007Ht-At; Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qh36E-0007Dv-U8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:18:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qh36E-0004LM-7b; Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:18:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=ZjiiWc/Vi78EztEpCvfu35hKu3VWNm9j6d/7hmherPo=; b=V6SCAAn2Trw0 XO5d3bO7NM5LFDMDFpwZxksfyCAyOQZZseD7zMfhClhwSIcSXRqHcF0WTvG22Pou9v0UTtFghDwjL jb9ob0TA7y4lp0Lk3Hl3cgsN2xYSD4X3/xANLBrnidzBfC3t/5OTWlDCW0CG4jHLI1TLuC3LibPqY hQLFFdhp/MGa+6vLpqaqNc90p9gsLI+XhaklRrGwFpHirWdn3nDabb66jjHGkI8BOI1n3z4vpxnmN 5EBvDhUn/V2kliakJk6ObjcyZMajnesnnedtnHCBGHkhjsFnW3eGPlFKB4z+FpjcGQPj2hzN1wTQh yKQ1bIGHCboRI4qGwbbx4Q==; In-Reply-To: (message from Richard Stallman on Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:41:16 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:310592 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: noah@splode.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:41:16 -0400 > > How about this? > > Most uses of this function turn out to be mistakes. > Before you use it, we urge you to think very carefully > about whether COUNT will ever be negative, and if so, > what results your program needs to get in that case. If you can > do the job with code that uses `ash' instead, we recommend that. Thanks, I made it say Most uses of this function turn out to be mistakes. We recommend to use `ash' instead, unless COUNT could ever be negative, and if, when COUNT is negative, your program really needs the special treatment of negative COUNT provided by this function.