GNU bug report logs - #15059
24.3; nth with negative index values

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Wilfred Hughes <wilfred <at> editd.com>

Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Found in version 24.3

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 15059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Wilfred Hughes <wilfred <at> editd.com>, 15059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15059: 24.3; nth with negative index values
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 17:58:38 -0400

> 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".


        Stefan
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