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#6878: bool-vectors of length 0 signal error when aref/aset the 0th element Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:02:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87r5hutw2q.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87fwyauqwy.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1282309760 14969 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2010 13:09:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:09:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juanma Barranquero , Chong Yidong , Andreas Schwab , 6878@debbugs.gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 20 15:09:15 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmRLM-0000XP-1J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:09:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45255 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OmRLK-0003Zs-T8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:09:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55892 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OmRLE-0003Zl-8i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:09:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmRLC-0006v1-UM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:09:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:39058) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmRLC-0006uv-SQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:09:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmREP-0001HH-Sh; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:02:01 -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, 20 Aug 2010 13:02:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6878 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6878-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6878.12823093174903 (code B ref 6878); Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:02:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6878) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Aug 2010 13:01:57 +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 1OmREL-0001H2-9g for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:01:57 -0400 Original-Received: from impaqm4.telefonica.net ([213.4.138.4]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OmREI-0001Gv-V8 for 6878@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:01:55 -0400 Original-Received: from IMPmailhost5.adm.correo ([10.20.102.126]) by IMPaqm4.telefonica.net with bizsmtp id wYH41e00F2jdgqJ3Qd2iBe; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:02:42 +0200 Original-Received: from ceviche.home ([83.61.35.93]) by IMPmailhost5.adm.correo with BIZ IMP id wd2h1e00F20aCvn1ld2iAR; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:02:42 +0200 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-TE-authinfo: authemail="monnier$movistar.es" |auth_email="monnier@movistar.es" X-TE-AcuTerraCos: auth_cuTerraCos="cosuitnetc01" Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 77DD1660E9; Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:02:41 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (MON KEY's message of "Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:01:43 -0400") 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, 20 Aug 2010 09:02:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39660 Archived-At: > As you wish. Though, I don't think changing the wording solves the > real problem If there are no good reasons to create a boole-vectro of > length 0 why allow it? That's the wrong question. The question is: why not allow them? > Emacs lisp doesn't and I can think of no good reasons to create 0 > length bool-vectors. > Can any one else? The same reasons to create zero-length strings. Stefan