Re: [Success/exposed test failures] XEmacs 21.4.14 "Reasonable Discussion" i586-pc-win32

Glynn> Given that we don't appear to be under any obligation to Glynn> mimic the ANSI C semantics, I can't see any harm in Glynn> defining the semantics of the %e specifier in such a way Glynn> that it can be implemented using MSVC's sprintf(). You don't? That would make the results of an elisp program needlessly platform-dependent. ＠defun format string &rest objects ... The %e specifier takes a floating point value, and formats it in scientific notation. For portable use of this specifier, you must test for platform; for exponents in the range -99 to +99 this field will be 1 column wider if XEmacs was compiled with MSVC. ... That just ain't right. It's hard enough to format nice tables as it is. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.