GNU bug report logs - #57129
29.0.50; Improve behavior of conditionals in Eshell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:44:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, larsi <at> gnus.org, bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, 57129 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bruno <at> clisp.org
Subject: bug#57129: 29.0.50; Improve behavior of conditionals in Eshell
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:30:54 -0700

On 8/16/22 10:04, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> That "finite number" of 62^6 sounds pretty close to infinity to me!

It's only 57 billion or so. That's not infinity, considering all the 
Emacs sessions out there. If Emacs's success grows, almost surely 
someone will run into this unlikely bug. Since we have the patch to 
prevent it, why not install it?
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