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bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#6457: 24.0.50; Inappropriate error msg for set-variable
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:19:24 +0200

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:41:29 -0500
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> 
> > set-variable: Value `1e+19' does not match type integer of 
> > scroll-conservatively
> >
> 
> I guess this is due to the feature whereby values too large for integers
> are read as floats, eg
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2010-03/msg00181.html
> 
> If so, I guess it is impossible for lisp code to know whether the user
> originally typed an integer or a float. Therefore it is impossible to do
> anything about this. It frankly doesn't seem worth bothering about
> anyway.

Then "wontfix" it.





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