GNU bug report logs - #32252
[PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 11:31:13 +0200

On Jul 26 2018, Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Because Emacs Lisp was very successful without bignums.

The lack of bignums requires workarounds like the first two elements of
(current-time) or the 11th and 12th element of (file-attributes).

Andreas.

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