From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87631fje3v.fsf@mail.jurta.org> <87k3d9yti0.fsf@building.gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391650925 28377 80.91.229.3 (6 Feb 2014 01:42:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 01:42:05 +0000 (UTC) To: 6457@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 06 02:42:11 2014 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 1WBDyk-0002Bd-SO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:42:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34138 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDyk-0006FU-H4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:42:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDyg-0006Es-Id for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:42:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDyc-0002jW-Sz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:42:06 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37719) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDyc-0002jS-Pf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDyc-0002Of-LV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6457 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: confirmed Original-Received: via spool by 6457-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6457.13916508949137 (code B ref 6457); Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6457) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Feb 2014 01:41:34 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51731 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDy9-0002NG-Q1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:34 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:43665) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDy7-0002N8-6s for 6457@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:32 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDy6-0000hL-3F; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:30 -0500 X-Spook: JFK NWO Syria fissionable mailbomb Ft. Meade diwn brigand X-Ran: l]TCU):JphphOw}i%#s1BvbLhgQpP@q:QNapw_+/BNFt*E@qz9~`rRMqXb`umez!wSCnU4 X-Hue: red X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) 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:84686 Archived-At: Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > set-variable: Value `1e+19' does not match type integer of scroll-conservatively > I guess this is due to the feature whereby values too large for integers are read as floats, eg http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-03/msg00181.html If so, I guess it is impossible for lisp code to know whether the user originally typed an integer or a float. Therefore it is impossible to do anything about this. It frankly doesn't seem worth bothering about anyway.