GNU bug report logs - #56641
Deprecate `lsh`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:39:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 56641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56641: Deprecate `lsh`
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:43:44 +0800

Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org> writes:

> That is only true when Emacs has been built for 62-bit fixnums. And
> no, I don't see an obvious use other than for compatibility.

Which is the obvious use? For compatibility with programs (not
necessarily within Emacs) that expect different values based on the
number of VALBITs in the Emacs machine file?
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