GNU bug report logs - #32742
27.0.50; text-char-description examples fail

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:49:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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bug#32742; Package emacs. (Sat, 15 Sep 2018 22:49:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 27.0.50; text-char-description examples fail
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 01:44:36 +0300

The second and third example in (info "(elisp) Describing Characters")
fail when evaluated:

          (text-char-description ?\M-m)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp 134217837)
  text-char-description(134217837)
  eval((text-char-description 134217837) nil)
  elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
  eval-last-sexp(nil)
  funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
  call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)
  command-execute(eval-last-sexp)

          (text-char-description ?\C-\M-m)

Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp 134217741)
  text-char-description(134217741)
  eval((text-char-description 134217741) nil)
  elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
  eval-last-sexp(nil)
  funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
  call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)
  command-execute(eval-last-sexp)

Not sure if there is a bug in the implementation of text-char-description,
or its documentation was not updated after some implementation changes.
Information forwarded to bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org:
bug#32742; Package emacs. (Sun, 16 Sep 2018 02:37:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 32742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 32742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32742: 27.0.50; text-char-description examples fail
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 05:36:04 +0300

> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 01:44:36 +0300
> 
> The second and third example in (info "(elisp) Describing Characters")
> fail when evaluated:
> 
>           (text-char-description ?\M-m)
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp 134217837)
>   text-char-description(134217837)
>   eval((text-char-description 134217837) nil)
>   elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
>   call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)
>   command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
> 
>           (text-char-description ?\C-\M-m)
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument characterp 134217741)
>   text-char-description(134217741)
>   eval((text-char-description 134217741) nil)
>   elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
>   call-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil nil)
>   command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
> 
> Not sure if there is a bug in the implementation of text-char-description,
> or its documentation was not updated after some implementation changes.

It's a documentation bug, see bug#32562.
Reply sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 20 Sep 2018 06:45:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>:
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Message #13 received at 32742-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: juri <at> linkov.net
Cc: 32742-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32742: 27.0.50; text-char-description examples fail
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:43:52 +0300

> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 05:36:04 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 32742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Not sure if there is a bug in the implementation of text-char-description,
> > or its documentation was not updated after some implementation changes.
> 
> It's a documentation bug, see bug#32562.

Now fixed on the release branch.

Thanks.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 18 Oct 2018 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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