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29.0.50; Not logical compilation warnings

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: 58319 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Jean Louis <bugs <at> rcdrun.com>
Subject: bug#58319: 29.0.50; Not logical compilation warnings
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 12:54:29 +0200

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The warnings not being "logical" is of course nonsense, but I actually agree that '5+' is a tad on the obscure side. This is a human-facing message and we can be nicer: either '5 or more' or 'at least 5' would be clearer.

'5-10' is not quite as problematic. 'from 5 to 10' would probably do, and 'between 5 and 10' is better but also worse since it could be misinterpreted as the set {6..9} unless we append ' inclusive'. No strong opinion here.

As a special case, '5-6' is always better written as '5 or 6'.

I've looked through the various contexts where the messages appear and the patch below (which keeps 'X-Y') should be an improvement in all cases. Anyone strongly against?

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