From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15059: 24.3; nth with negative index values Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:51:50 +0200 Message-ID: <87siyi3lrd.fsf@igel.home> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376063571 4857 80.91.229.3 (9 Aug 2013 15:52:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 15:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 15059@debbugs.gnu.org To: Wilfred Hughes Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 09 17:52:52 2013 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 1V7ozk-0007Ry-7z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:52:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37958 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7ozj-00065a-UT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38405) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oz2-0005Ki-2z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oyw-000723-CR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55617) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oyw-00071y-9U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oyv-0000Mj-UY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:52:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:52:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15059.13760635151387 (code B ref 15059); Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:52:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Aug 2013 15:51:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49933 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oyo-0000MH-Uw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:51:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:56164) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7oym-0000M8-T3 for 15059@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:51:53 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3cBWCq49xBz3hhbk; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:51:51 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3cBWCq2qrSzbbhT; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:51:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 8wg_Q1tiLlns; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:51:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: jCvh9pBvHFY0Bn7a1O5+dNHqf5CH8VczEIaFtJPoyOw= Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-152-252.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.152.252]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:51:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2FE7A2C186B; Fri, 9 Aug 2013 17:51:50 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Yow! 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In-Reply-To: (Wilfred Hughes's message of "Fri, 9 Aug 2013 12:55:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) 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:77175 Archived-At: Wilfred Hughes writes: > I've noticed that nth returns the first item in a list, when it's given > a negative index. > > (nth -1 '(5 6 7)) ;; 5 > (nth -2 '(5 6 7)) ;; 5 > > Judging by my reading of the docstring, I was expecting nil The list is longer than -1, so this case doesn't apply. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."