GNU bug report logs - #70784
Abolish string resizing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 12:35:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #148 received at 70784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
Cc: eliz <at> gnu.org, 70784 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#70784: Abolish string resizing
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:58:00 -0400
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  > Revisiting this, I'm inclined to making `aset` signal an error
  > (which was the original intention) instead of a run-time
  > warning. An error is simpler, will pin-point the problem better,
  > and more likely to be seen by package maintainers, especially if
  > triggered by CI.

I'd like to take a look at the previous discussion.
Could you please send me the Date and Subject fields
of one message in that discussion?  With those, I can
find them all with grep.


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