GNU bug report logs - #72949
[PATCH] Wrong unread count in the Group buffer in nnimap

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>

Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 06:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #44 received at 72949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: James Thomas <jimjoe <at> gmx.net>
To: Dan Christensen <jdc <at> uwo.ca>
Cc: "72949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <72949 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#72949: Gnus sometimes reports new messages but not showing
 them on IMAP server
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:30:40 +0530

Dan Christensen wrote:

> An alternative to
>
>   (max (1+ (- (cdr active) (car active))) 0)
>
> would be (range-length active), I believe.  (Untested.)  That function
> assume that the range is well-formed, so doesn't use max to avoid
> negative numbers, but that's probably fine.  (range-length '(1 . 0))
> does correctly return 0.
>
> Dan

Just wanna chime in with what's in (info "(gnus) Required Back End
Functions"):

  Gnus just discards the total-number, so whether one should take the
  bother to generate it properly (if that is a problem) is left as an
  exercise to the reader.

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