From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org
Subject: bug#2768: 23.0.60; Misleading function description for float-time
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:04:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zlfbck40.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> (raw)
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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:
The DOC string for float-time says
float-time is a built-in function in `C source code'.
(float-time &optional specified-time)
Return the current time, as a float number of seconds since the epoch.
If specified-time is given, it is the time to convert to float
instead of the current time. The argument should have the form
(HIGH LOW . IGNORED). Thus, you can use times obtained from
`current-time' and from `file-attributes'. specified-time can also
have the form (HIGH . LOW), but this is considered obsolete.
WARNING: Since the result is floating point, it may not be exact.
Do not use this function if precise time stamps are required.
[back]
However, the argument "IGNORED" is not ignored but rather specifies
microseconds that _do_ appear in the resulting time value. While the
doc string does not explicitly specify what happens to "IGNORED", its
name strongly suggests a different (and undesirable) behavior.
In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9)
of 2009-01-13 on lisa
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.10400090
configured using `configure '--prefix=/usr/local/emacs-21' '--without-toolkit-scroll-bars''
Important settings:
value of $LC_ALL: nil
value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
value of $LC_TIME: nil
value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Message
Minor modes in effect:
mml-mode: t
gnus-message-citation-mode: t
TeX-PDF-mode: t
server-mode: t
desktop-save-mode: t
tooltip-mode: t
mouse-wheel-mode: t
menu-bar-mode: t
file-name-shadow-mode: t
global-font-lock-mode: t
font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t
global-auto-composition-mode: t
auto-composition-mode: t
auto-encryption-mode: t
auto-compression-mode: t
line-number-mode: t
transient-mark-mode: t
abbrev-mode: t
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David Kastrup
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2009-03-24 17:45 ` bug#2768: marked as done (23.0.60; Misleading function description for float-time) Emacs bug Tracking System
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