GNU bug report logs - #18767
24.4; incorrect byte-compile on arithmatic comparisons

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shigeru Fukaya <shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.4

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 18767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Shigeru Fukaya <shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 18767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18767: 24.4; incorrect byte-compile on arithmatic comparisons
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 01:26:22 +0900

>I was worried that (<= 1 0 "a" nil) would return nil rather than
>signal an error, but I see that this is already the case if you use
>a normal call.  I installed your patch (except, using `cl-every').

How about adding the sentence to their help document, implying the
behavior, like,

  All args are evaluateed (without checking type) at first,
  then compared left to right.


Shigeru
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