From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20180723191250.19182-1-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> <6f7e8bae-7bf1-4a91-80d8-fef255ab74f7@default> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532490730 657 195.159.176.226 (25 Jul 2018 03:52:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 32252@debbugs.gnu.org, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, eller.helmut@gmail.com To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 25 05:52:05 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAqK-0008RG-T8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:52:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43561 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAsQ-0000D5-2O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:54:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAsI-0000Cx-Dm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:54:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAsE-00057n-8c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:50915) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAsE-00057c-40 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAsD-0005PU-SJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:54:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Richard Stallman Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 32252 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 32252-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B32252.153249083120778 (code B ref 32252); Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 32252) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Jul 2018 03:53:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55933 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAs3-0005P3-22 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53753) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAs0-0005Oo-Nw for 32252@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiArs-00050F-Kt for 32252@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:45014) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAre-0004v9-MD; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1fiAre-0008JK-85; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6f7e8bae-7bf1-4a91-80d8-fef255ab74f7@default> (message from Drew Adams on Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:16:52 -0700 (PDT)) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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:148909 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > Although it is indeed an incompatible change, I surveyed the existing > > Emacs source code and couldn't find anything that the change would > > break. > Inadequate. Never wholly irrelevant, but certainly not > sufficient. You surveyed something mostly irrelevant. How about saying "incomplete"? It states the valid point but is far less harsh. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)