GNU bug report logs - #24369
Docu of prefix-numeric-value

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 07:47:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug

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Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 24369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 24369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#24369: Docu of prefix-numeric-value
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2016 21:57:58 +0300

> Cc: drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 24369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
> Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2016 20:33:21 +0200
> 
> >     • ‘nil’, meaning there is no prefix argument.  Its numeric value is
> >       1,
> 
> That's the point:
> 
> Value of nil is 1

No, the _numeric_ value of nil is 1.  IOW, nil, when interpreted as a
number, is 1.  An entirely different story.

> Consistency means something different.

The numeric value of nil is consistently 1.
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