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[PATCH] Wrong unread count in the Group buffer in nnimap

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Message #74 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: "ding <at> gnus.org" <ding <at> gnus.org>,
 "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: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:57:57 +0530

Dan Christensen wrote:

> On Sep 18, 2024, James Thomas wrote:
>
>> James Thomas wrote:
>>
>> In fact, is the max needed? Wouldn't this work as well?
>
> This is about the line
>
>   (max (1+ (- (cdr active) (car active))) 0)
>
> The max is there in case active contains a pair like (10 . 8), for which
> (1+ (- (cdr active) (car active))) evaluates to -1.  While this seems
> unlikely to happen, at least two other backends use the above code to
> guard against it, and it seems wise to be generous in what we accept.
>
> This is especially true because gnus-parse-active does not accept
> negative numbers.

Cool, thanks!

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