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>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Shigeru Fukaya <shigeru.fukaya <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 18767 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18767: 24.4; incorrect byte-compile on arithmatic comparisons
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:39:04 -0400

> How about adding the sentence to their help document, implying the
> behavior, like,
>   All args are evaluateed (without checking type)

This is necessarily true by virtue of being a function, so I don't think
we should repeat it.

> at first,
>   then compared left to right.

We could document that some of the later comparisons might be skipped, indeed.


        Stefan
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