GNU bug report logs - #34792
27.0.50; format %x and %X don't print as unsigned

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Message #8 received at 34792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34792 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34792: 27.0.50; format %x and %X don't print as unsigned
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 21:03:49 -0500

Ivan Andrus wrote:

> The following snippets return strings with negative signs, but the
> docstring of format says they should be unsigned. 

See etc/NEWS 'Numbers formatted via...'

I don't understand the "bignums, a planned feature." in that entry.
It makes it sound like bignum will be implemented in future, but they
already are?

Also the sense of the entry seems backwards, since binary-as-unsigned is
nil by default (but from editfns.c I see "it depends").

Anyway, it seems like the doc the 'format' function wasn't updated.

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