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bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903 |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Aug 2018 05:39:49 +0300 |
> Cc: tom@tromey.com, andrewjmoreton@gmail.com, 32463@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:28:49 -0700
>
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I'd rather we left the name alone. It's a veteran name, burnt into
> > our muscle memory by many years of coding in Emacs.
>
> But the name 'make_number' means something completely different now; it has a
> different signature, it is a lot more expensive than it used to be, and it
> cannot be used the way the old name could be used.
Then perhaps restore the old make_number and make a new function with
the extra functionality.
> We already changed the name XINT and friends, even though their semantics
> didn't
> change.
And it's already a significant blow to coding habits. I wonder when
this renaming spree will end, because it's beginning to look like a
whole new language to learn.
- bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, (continued)
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Paul Eggert, 2018/08/19
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Tom Tromey, 2018/08/22
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Andy Moreton, 2018/08/19
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Paul Eggert, 2018/08/21
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Paul Eggert, 2018/08/21
bug#32463: 27.0.50; (logior -1) => 4611686018427387903, Andy Moreton, 2018/08/22