From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Inconsistency in `string-to-number' Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:16:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: <47083.128.165.123.18.1240532205.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> <833abygwxo.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1240582719 2711 80.91.229.12 (24 Apr 2009 14:18:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 24 16:19:59 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LxMEH-00089r-LV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:18:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35248 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxMCs-00034g-BJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxMCo-00034P-Q2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:42 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LxMCk-00033z-C7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48966 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LxMCk-00033w-A0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f161.google.com ([209.85.218.161]:54187) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LxMCi-00032l-FI; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:16:36 -0400 Original-Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so1161942bwz.42 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:16:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Nl0o9cszxArd1bW2xO64mPDZi9QolCw6OT+WeXbll0o=; b=XXIqQWcxuOTSvD14C4HOoVEooawl7DsiAhETbmJJ6BuTgNwTcEC2gie6MZgn++mFi1 O1jvr+0alwGfaTmYuoXAGAjjdAq4A/5p2I4DeCIGe47Bu8cIzikqwFfMGzTzN3EIVKK8 i9qO/JIcA7jhnc/AcwyuzL/PfQ/9rh2EnLVAQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=p5xlcrX8MoVz2xdfI5jr+voKlBR4TGfNSX82tCliuq0a3KD6v4D4JoBMZVIVIOWTGj rlipQzQnu9F7frvEkEnt6pNDPirYF1PrjkUlaD4zjZRtBfmgDQgK/4AZLIGy9vwZzkIA XzVHDOdu1DewR5OqCSabLIU37zB9yKO0HgCJg= Original-Received: by 10.223.113.9 with SMTP id y9mr767254fap.61.1240582595097; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:16:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110464 Archived-At: On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 16:06, Stefan Monnier wr= ote: > Don't take it personally, I was just pointing out the part which I found > to be most important. No, of course no. Excuse me if my answer sounded grumpy. > No doubt this is a bug. =C2=A0It's a long-standing one, tho, so it's not > a regression in Emacs-23. Agreed. > I wouldn't > mind postponing the fix to Emacs-23.2. =C2=A0In the mean time, we need to > improve the docstring. I agree on both counts. Juanma