Subject: Re: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:53:26 -0400

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  > > Although it is indeed an incompatible change, I surveyed the existing
  > > Emacs source code and couldn't find anything that the change would
  > > break.

  > Inadequate.  Never wholly irrelevant, but certainly not
  > sufficient.  You surveyed something mostly irrelevant.

How about saying "incomplete"?  It states the valid point
but is far less harsh.

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