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29.0.50; [PATCH] Don't use `eshell-convert' when not needed / Fix setting umask in Eshell

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 54588 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54588: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Don't use `eshell-convert' when not needed / Fix setting umask in Eshell
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:51:36 +0200

Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In my patch, the behavior is changed as follows. First, when calling
> `umask 222', the "222" is passed as a string, with no
> conversion. Next, `eshell-eval-using-options' is set to preserve
> arguments, so if you pass an actual number (as in `umask $(identity
> #o222)'), it doesn't try to stringify it. Then, if the argument is a
> string, `eshell/umask' converts it to an octal number. Finally, the
> numeric argument is used to set the umask.
>
> I also simplified the code for printing the umask a bit. That part
> just splits the symbolic and non-symbolic cases up so there's less
> duplicated work, plus simplifies the `format' call for the
> non-symbolic case.

Makes sense to me; pushed to Emacs 29.

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