GNU bug report logs - #51733
27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better

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Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:29:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #101 received at 51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51733: 27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 19:02:20 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: 51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 17:57:46 +0100
> 
> >> They then recommend comparing the value with the zero value of that
> >> system, and I'm pretty sure we don't have that.
> >
> > Why not? what do you need, exactly?
> 
> Just a thinko -- I was wondering whether we had a way to find the zero
> character, but that's just:
> 
> (- ?৪ (get-char-code-property ?৪ 'numeric-value))

That's just sheer luck, AFAIU (there are some characters with
numeric-value property that are not arranged from zero to 9), but
maybe for this particular purpose it's all that's needed.
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