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

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 32252 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 13:16:27 -0700

Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> It's more about (read (printf "#x%x" N)) returning N, which is basic
>> functionality that should work
> Where is that documented?

You're right, it's not. It's not even documented that (read (printf "%s" N)) 
should work for any number N. I'll add something along these lines. I'll also 
warn that (read (printf "#x%x" N)) might not work.
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