From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7006: Reader oddity after ?\^ --- should signal error if invalid instead of being garbage Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:57:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310652292 2560 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 14:04:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:04:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7006@debbugs.gnu.org To: Daniel Colascione Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 16:04:48 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 1QhMX1-00023h-QQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:04:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56077 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMX0-0007RT-Cr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:04:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35923) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMVW-000742-MA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:03:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMVR-0001Po-9E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:03:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48515) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMVQ-0001Pj-Uk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:03:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMVQ-00044D-AJ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:03:08 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:03:08 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7006 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7006-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7006.131065217515554 (code B ref 7006); Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:03:08 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2011 14:02:55 +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 1QhMV9-00042g-FF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:02:55 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMUm-00040y-2p for 7006@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:02:34 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=quimbies.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QhMUa-00072m-KW; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:02:16 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Daniel Colascione's message of "Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:25:52 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Depeche Mode's _Some Great Reward_: "It Doesn't Matter" X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:dan.colascione@gmail.com::0KgC5gNIhl3J7AXi:00000000000000000000000000000000000004FOc X-Hashcash: 1:23:110714:7006@debbugs.gnu.org::fD4vO4S4+oYUmP9s:00000000000000000000000000000000000000000fWKk X-MailScanner-ID: 1QhMUa-00072m-KW MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1311256936.85259@L2DenqCysQLWWsi/14azVQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:03:08 -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:48992 Archived-At: Daniel Colascione writes: > ?\^ is supposed to be the prefix for a control character --- for > example, ?\^g. However, the character following the ^ can be a > non-existent control character like ' ' or ')'. Currently, the reader > outputs a nonsense value in this case. Instead, the reader ought to > signal an error. Hm, yes: ?\^9 => 67108921 That seems awfully confusing. (format "%x" 67108921) => "4000039" Does anybody know whether this a feature or a bug? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/