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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Message #142 received at 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>, 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 19:16:02 +0200

On Thu, Jul 26 2018, Paul Eggert wrote:

> We're talking about 'format' not 'format-time-string', and Emacs code
> does apply 'format' with %x to the tricky little integers that
> 'current-time' returns. It's a real hassle, and this hassle is
> pervasive in Emacs. Having bignums would simplify it significantly.

Where is that code?  And why would it be difficult to teach
format-time-string to deal with the tricky bits that current-time
returns.

Helmut
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