GNU bug report logs - #15433
24.3.50; wrong-type-argument wholenump -3

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 18:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 24.4

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
To: gnu-emacs-bug <at> moderators.isc.org
Subject: Re: bug#15433: 24.3.50; wrong-type-argument wholenump -3
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 21:39:09 +0000 (UTC)

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> 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)
 .....

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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