GNU bug report logs - #15809
24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:32:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 15809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#15809: 24.3.50; wrong defcustom type for `suggest-key-bindings'
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:32:21 -0700

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> FWIW, "natural number", like "whole number", unfortunately
> has two different meanings, 1... and 0..., depending on
> who is talking.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number
>
> Emacs has predicate `natnump', with alias `wholenump',
> meaning 0...  So the doc for a defcustom type that
> mentions "natural number" had better make clear which is
> meant.  It can do that by mentioning predicate `natnump'.

The docstring of `natnump' defines it as "a nonnegative integer".
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