GNU bug report logs - #73098
setopt float warning unexpected

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2024 13:16:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Ship Mints <shipmints <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 73098 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#73098: setopt float warning unexpected
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2024 13:39:36 +0200

On Sep 08 2024, Ship Mints wrote:

> There are cases in elisp where numeric type coercion is the default,
> e.g., (= 2.0 2) is t. I expected it to be so here, too.

That's because the function accepts a number, not a float.  If you want
to accept any kind of number, just say so.

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