GNU bug report logs - #1042
23.0.60; read-char can evaluate to non-character

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Markus Triska <markus.triska <at> gmx.at>

Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 13599, 32562

Found in version 24.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #28 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 32562 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32562: 26; `read-char(-exclusive)' and `characterp'
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:51:24 -0400

forcemerge 13599 32562
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On 28 August 2018 at 16:39, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:

> Something seems wrong.  The doc for `read-char(-exclusive)' talks about
> reading a character. For `read-char' it says that it raises an error for
> a non-char event.  And for `read-char-exclusive' it says that it ignores
> non-char events that it reads.
>
> But they both seem to read the event from `M-:' and return its value
> (a number). And it is not a character, according to `characterp'.

This is bug#13599/1042
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