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#15059: 24.3; nth with negative index values Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:31:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <33vc3er91u.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1376098326 1370 80.91.229.3 (10 Aug 2013 01:32:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:32:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Wilfred Hughes , 15059@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 10 03:32:07 2013 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 1V7y2J-0005Od-3P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:32:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37672 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y2I-0001W6-Kp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:32:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44416) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y2F-0001W1-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:32:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y2E-0001Jk-I7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:32:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56389) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y2E-0001Je-Et for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:32:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y2D-0005RI-VX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15059 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15059-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15059.137609829020869 (code B ref 15059); Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15059) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Aug 2013 01:31:30 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50705 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y1h-0005QW-Jo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:31:29 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:51563 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y1f-0005QO-GM for 15059@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V7y1e-0003kh-Du; Fri, 09 Aug 2013 21:31:26 -0400 X-Spook: Chobetsu Rumsfeld ISEC TWA Syria Operation Iraqi Freedom X-Ran: Gv:)&K1hcEF,0#9>1)lu+]i@xfxMnUUh*1$hJImaM';P$3y?mxW~*61^A&9e\uuYeV6@}6 X-Hue: black X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:58:38 -0400") 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:77236 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Easy to raise an error (unless something was relying on the behaviour >> for -ve arguments?): > > We could try. But note that Emacs-19.34 already behaved like that (I > don't have any older version at hand to test). Not sure it's important > to "fix". Oh, the elisp manual actually documents the -ve argument case: -- Function: nth n list [...] If N is negative, `nth' returns the first element of LIST. [...] (nth -3 '(1 2 3 4)) => 1 All hope is lost!