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

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, eller.helmut <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
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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Dr Richard Stallman
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