From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8737: 23.2; garbage numbers Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 09:47:33 -0300 Message-ID: References: <4DDF516A.8070101@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1306500496 25408 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2011 12:48:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 12:48:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8737@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 27 14:48:11 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSZ-0004CI-4u for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 14:48:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51512 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSY-0007AT-Au for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50641) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSS-00079M-JH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSR-00039O-RE for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49955) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSR-00039J-Mf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSQ-00054S-OC; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 12:48:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8737 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8737-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8737.130650047019468 (code B ref 8737); Fri, 27 May 2011 12:48:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8737) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 May 2011 12:47:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSD-00053x-KM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47:49 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwSA-00053g-GA; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47:47 -0400 Original-Received: from 121-249-126-200.fibertel.com.ar ([200.126.249.121]:9742 helo=ceviche.home) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QPwS4-0003Pj-2F; Fri, 27 May 2011 08:47:40 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AF0F566112; Fri, 27 May 2011 09:47:33 -0300 (ART) In-Reply-To: <4DDF516A.8070101@easy-emacs.de> ("Andreas =?UTF-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?="'s message of "Fri, 27 May 2011 09:23:22 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 08:48:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:46720 Archived-At: severity 8737 wishlist thanks > `emacs -Q': > (defun foo ()) > 12345 > ;;;;;; > Should some garbage numbers exist in a buffer, Emacs > evals and compiles that without warning. > Is that okay? Why not. A number is a valid expression that evaluates to itself. It's true that it's a disappointment that the byte-compiler doesn't warn "56 evaluated for its side-effect" or something like that, since it does warn in other cases, but it doesn't seem like a big deal. Stefan