GNU bug report logs - #29597
26.0.90; line-number-display-width returns incorrect width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Rankin <hello <at> paulwrankin.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 05:36:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 26.0.90

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: hello <at> paulwrankin.com, 29597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29597: 26.0.90; line-number-display-width returns incorrect width
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:29:04 +0200

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 11:23:18 -0500
> Cc: Paul Rankin <hello <at> paulwrankin.com>, 29597 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > I don't object to such trivial wrappers, although I'd raise a brow if
> > I saw something like this in Emacs.  It sounds too trivial to have 2
> > more symbols in the name-space.  But that's me.
> 
> Is the symbol space really a scarce resource?

Not really scarce, but do you really feel good with such trivial
wrappers?  Do we have anything similar anywhere else?

Again, I won't fight this, I'm just saying it feels weird to me.
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