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bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable
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Drew Adams |
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bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable |
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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)).