GNU bug report logs - #6457
24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:09:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed, fixed, wontfix

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #21 received at 6457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 6457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:29 -0500

Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> set-variable: Value `1e+19' does not match type integer of scroll-conservatively
>

I guess this is due to the feature whereby values too large for integers
are read as floats, eg

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-03/msg00181.html

If so, I guess it is impossible for lisp code to know whether the user
originally typed an integer or a float. Therefore it is impossible to do
anything about this. It frankly doesn't seem worth bothering about
anyway.
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