From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37507: 26.3; Non-number value for `fill-column' causes wrong-type-arg error for `C-h f' Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:53:15 -0400 Message-ID: <85lfudjwt0.fsf@gmail.com> References: <326973dd-0844-40e1-ad2e-55b3a7ea35bf@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="149963"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (windows-nt) Cc: 37507@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 24 21:55:56 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1iCqui-000ct9-ER for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:55:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50366 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqug-0006FY-QM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:55:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36741) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqsv-0004Mx-0s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:54:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqst-0004Nm-Ru for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:54:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:59601) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqst-0004Nh-M3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:54:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqss-0005Fg-4R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:54:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Noam Postavsky Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37507 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37507-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37507.156935480420135 (code B ref 37507); Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37507) by debbugs.gnu.org; 24 Sep 2019 19:53:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40189 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqsG-0005Eh-8L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:53:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-io1-f42.google.com ([209.85.166.42]:43245) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iCqsD-0005EQ-Ph for 37507@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:53:22 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-io1-f42.google.com with SMTP id v2so7455423iob.10 for <37507@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:53:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=NvzwW8jjeppduo9vGq7gD1ea+QeJmSGnpJQlYFY8+uY=; b=ofGz3C7BH0AwWQUCNpWMLso6vSqWQMesI387DcT3fUajFCNWuDeKA15I3Thwtaf9eX A2eaOAseMx7Tb10VP1YRI1eweiOH5j5sKtZjsnDLTLzEdD0kw1VcpvXnF2uMGQ7puTZ4 PFOEuSOGmkt88/WyU2FCNtBp3N2hBrIF3uVc8/EwzlHln6o8FFSUeEnVwf9VcpxsiFn1 UvbCp3Y5KBRczAjXBQhPiGez2eBvF3DsMkUTH73cdFuenEQMQkcLPUp6yuM6Gr2dE8wj bEslsQinBqXUIte3XAtNkVrUIxVB7hRMbXhnpga97Vh2h0RNRVRb7oWA9xNsFgfw5YJq ztFA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=NvzwW8jjeppduo9vGq7gD1ea+QeJmSGnpJQlYFY8+uY=; b=dFbZmuVfKJUotIf3oTmPZTo+/uTFUgAxSnetpwXbxSbZLwg+K+pr7JnRQAf5bKaaem auAFe3tSbV8PhqoHz7gT1DD5z4YxwnqhS9eLrsZjgVdVBKBRd4vzkab9Q3FUVWrEqtKS EMZlxFoxLP7v5TMxQBw5BYQ1tB5Lru+Ztmo4gf6V4yZH4JhUSVqS3XVtdagcWtt73xi6 rH7Z3cRhe4WhiLnoASZCTS/ljpE/ovhP/VOINcUHydAujvZ2WSZ1kSeDOBMllEAD7ABg jVeA0J8cL2wXlCHWIYZe8Ja9PHWGmrAjyAplg5EoXvXYgskhatiDrr0eSPiR2hGS3E8/ bNFg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXm+0TVEdEwsCKfxo44nQmSGgNte0GbGvkA7ILHhE1GRHwYAYSH wj3JVXG4AvrjDwH1cp8lAxJkxJ6x X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzMbI4Tn8XfMYvIJ0B2WccXB50brl43q8c5PgBAghX3HnvsvrrGS4kOG9FNj1PkvoVvAsEIjw== X-Received: by 2002:a5e:cb49:: with SMTP id h9mr5106846iok.307.1569354795926; Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from vhost2 (CPE001143542e1f-CMf81d0f809fa0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com. [99.230.38.42]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s5sm2123631iol.71.2019.09.24.12.53.14 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:53:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <326973dd-0844-40e1-ad2e-55b3a7ea35bf@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:23:06 -0700 (PDT)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:167124 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > `fill-column' is supposed to have an integer value > 0. > > But if it has a non-numeric value then other functions can barf, unless > they watch out for that. Shouldn't users just not set it to a non-numeric value then? I'm sure you can cause all sort of errors by setting things to invalid values. > emacs -Q > > (setq fill-column nil) Do you mean setq-default (otherwise I can't reproduce)? > C-h f forward-char ; raises error