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seq weirdness with -0

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Rasmus Villemoes <rv <at> rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Cc: 17800-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17800: seq weirdness with -0
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:39:03 +0100

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On 06/18/2014 01:03 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 06/18/2014 10:41 AM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> $ ./seq --version | head -1
>> seq (GNU coreutils) 8.22.119-8a51b
>>
>> ./seq -0 n works fine when n is a single digit:
>>
>> $ ./seq --separator=, -0 5
>> -0,1,2,3,4,5
>>
>> But something weird happens when one uses a number >= 10:
>>
>> $ ./seq --separator=, -0 10
>> -0,-1,-2,-3,-4,-5,-6,-7,-8,-9,.0,.1,.2,.3,.4,.5,.6,.7,.8,.9,/0,/1,/2,/3,/4,/5,/6,/7,/8,/9,00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10
>>
>> [It also happens without the --separator; I just use that to save
>> vertical space.] This smells of ASCII, and looking at the code, the
>> problem is very likely to be the seq_fast/incr functions. I don't know
>> what the simplest fix is, though.
> 
> Ouch. I see the issue. Fix on the way...

Fast path avoidance logic updated in the attached.

thanks!
Pádraig.

[seq-0.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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