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

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 6457 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 22:55:07 -0800 (PST)

> Or is this problem only present for `set-variable'?  Then it might
> not be worth fixing.

No, it is a general problem.

It's a problem here because `read-from-minibuffer' reads an
integer numeral as input, and the value read is effectively a
floating-point number.

You can see the same thing happen for (format "%S" 999999999).
That returns the number 999999999.0.

IOW, it is the Lisp reader that reads an integer numeral and
returns a non-integer number: (not (integerp 999999999)).
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