Subject: Re: bug#15433: 24.3.50; wrong-type-argument wholenump -3

From: Alan Mackenzie <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:39:09 +0000 (UTC)

Drew Adams <[email-masked]> wrote:
> This regression is from Emacs 24.1 onward.  No such problem before that.

You forget to say what the problem is.  It isn't obvious.

> emacs -Q

> M-x set-variable debug-on-error t

> M-x M-- 3 f

It appears you are trying to enter -3 f's.  This is nonsensical.  If
this isn't what you're trying to do, what is it?  Why is that error
message not the right thing to do?

> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument wholenump -3)
>  self-insert-command(-3)
>  call-interactively(self-insert-command nil nil)
 .....

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).