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Fix hash tables, #'member*, #'assoc*, #'eql compiler macros if bignums lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2010-01-24 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> Correct the semantics of #'member*, #'eql, #'assoc* in the presence of bignums; change the integerp byte code to fixnump semantics. * bytecomp.el (fixnump, integerp, byte-compile-integerp): Change the integerp byte code to fixnump; add a byte-compile method to integerp using fixnump and numberp and avoiding a funcall most of the time, since in the non-core contexts where integerp is used, it's mostly distinguishing between fixnums and things that are not numbers at all. * byte-optimize.el (side-effect-free-fns, byte-after-unbind-ops) (byte-compile-side-effect-and-error-free-ops): Replace the integerp bytecode with fixnump; add fixnump to the side-effect-free-fns. Add the other extended number type predicates to the list in passing. * obsolete.el (floatp-safe): Mark this as obsolete. * cl.el (eql): Go into more detail in the docstring here. Don't bother checking whether both arguments are numbers; one is enough, #'equal will fail correctly if they have distinct types. (subst): Replace a call to #'integerp (deciding whether to use #'memq or not) with one to #'fixnump. Delete most-positive-fixnum, most-negative-fixnum from this file; they're now always in C, so they can't be modified from Lisp. * cl-seq.el (member*, assoc*, rassoc*): Correct these functions in the presence of bignums. * cl-macs.el (cl-make-type-test): The type test for a fixnum is now fixnump. Ditch floatp-safe, use floatp instead. (eql): Correct this compiler macro in the presence of bignums. (assoc*): Correct this compiler macro in the presence of bignums. * simple.el (undo): Change #'integerp to #'fixnump here, since we use #'delq with the same value as ELT a few lines down. src/ChangeLog addition: 2010-01-24 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> Fix problems with #'eql, extended number types, and the hash table implementation; change the Bintegerp bytecode to fixnump semantics even on bignum builds, since #'integerp can have a fast implementation in terms of #'fixnump for most of its extant uses, but not vice-versa. * lisp.h: Always #include number.h; we want the macros provided in it, even if the various number types are not available. * number.h (NON_FIXNUM_NUMBER_P): New macro, giving 1 when its argument is of non-immediate number type. Equivalent to FLOATP if WITH_NUMBER_TYPES is not defined. * elhash.c (lisp_object_eql_equal, lisp_object_eql_hash): Use NON_FIXNUM_NUMBER_P in these functions, instead of FLOATP, giving more correct behaviour in the presence of the extended number types. * bytecode.c (Bfixnump, execute_optimized_program): Rename Bintegerp to Bfixnump; change its semantics to reflect the new name on builds with bignum support. * data.c (Ffixnump, Fintegerp, syms_of_data, vars_of_data): Always make #'fixnump available, even on non-BIGNUM builds; always implement #'integerp in this file, even on BIGNUM builds. Move most-positive-fixnum, most-negative-fixnum here from number.c, so they are Lisp constants even on builds without number types, and attempts to change or bind them error. Use the NUMBERP and INTEGERP macros even on builds without extended number types. * data.c (fixnum_char_or_marker_to_int): Rename this function from integer_char_or_marker_to_int, to better reflect the arguments it accepts. * number.c (Fevenp, Foddp, syms_of_number): Never provide #'integerp in this file. Remove #'oddp, #'evenp; their implementations are overridden by those in cl.el. * number.c (vars_of_number): most-positive-fixnum, most-negative-fixnum are no longer here. man/ChangeLog addition: 2010-01-23 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> Generally: be careful to say fixnum, not integer, when talking about fixed-precision integral types. I'm sure I've missed instances, both here and in the docstrings, but this is a decent start. * lispref/text.texi (Columns): Document where only fixnums, not integers generally, are accepted. (Registers): Remove some ancient char-int confoundance here. * lispref/strings.texi (Creating Strings, Creating Strings): Be more exact in describing where fixnums but not integers in general are accepted. (Creating Strings): Use a more contemporary example to illustrate how concat deals with lists including integers about #xFF. Delete some obsolete documentation on same. (Char Table Types): Document that only fixnums are accepted as values in syntax tables. * lispref/searching.texi (String Search, Search and Replace): Be exact in describing where fixnums but not integers in general are accepted. * lispref/range-tables.texi (Range Tables): Be exact in describing them; only fixnums are accepted to describe ranges. * lispref/os.texi (Killing XEmacs, User Identification) (Time of Day, Time Conversion): Be more exact about using fixnum where only fixed-precision integers are accepted. * lispref/objects.texi (Integer Type): Be more exact (and up-to-date) about the possible values for integers. Cross-reference to documentation of the bignum extension. (Equality Predicates): (Range Table Type): (Array Type): Use fixnum, not integer, to describe a fixed-precision integer. (Syntax Table Type): Correct some English syntax here. * lispref/numbers.texi (Numbers): Change the phrasing here to use fixnum to mean the fixed-precision integers normal in emacs. Document that our terminology deviates from that of Common Lisp, and that we're working on it. (Compatibility Issues): Reiterate the Common Lisp versus Emacs Lisp compatibility issues. (Comparison of Numbers, Arithmetic Operations): * lispref/commands.texi (Command Loop Info, Working With Events): * lispref/buffers.texi (Modification Time): Be more exact in describing where fixnums but not integers in general are accepted.
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Introduction

Thank you for downloading XEmacs.  We of the XEmacs development team
believe user satisfaction is our number one priority, and we hope that
you will be pleased with the power of our editor.  Please follow all
of the instructions in order to enjoy a quick and easy installation.


Getting Started

In this guide, information which you will need to supply will be enclosed in
angle brackets, <like this>.  Commands which you will have to enter will be
indented,

	like this.

You will need to provide a loading directory, in which to load the
material from tape (/tmp/xemacs is recommended), and a permanent
installation directory (/usr/local/xemacs is recommended).


Loading From Tape

First create and change directory to the loading directory:

	mkdir <working directory>
	cd <working directory>

Now you are ready to load the software from tape.

The specific device name needed to load the tape varies with hardware vendors,
and may be found in Appendix A, "Vendors and Device Names".

Load the software from tape:

	tar xvf /dev/<device name>

You have now loaded all of the software from tape, and are ready to compile and
install the XEmacs Text Editor.


Compiling and Installing the XEmacs Editor

Compiling and installing the libraries is handled by a user-friendly shell
script.  You will need to provide some information to the script, such as your
organization name and registration number.  To run the script, type

	/bin/sh xemacs/xemacs.install -d <installation directory>

Follow the script's directions, and provide the information which it prompts
for.

When the script prompts you for the directory in which the distribution files
are located, you will find that you are unable to provide it with any directory
which the script will deem satisfactory.  That is because it is necessary to
order the following additional parts which are necessary to continue with the
installation:

	Part Number	Qty	Name				Price

	GM-96-3026	1	Goat, male			 1000.00
	CB-13-2395	1	Candle, black			   50.00
	CG-63-6376	1	Chalk dust container		   10.00
	IB-89-3335	5	Incense sticks			    5.00
	DE-44-8846	1	Dagger, ebon, curved		  500.00
	AS-87-2319	1	Altar, silver			10000.00

Wait until the additional parts arrive; you will be ready to continue the
installation the next Friday the 13th at midnight.


Ritual for Successfully Completing Installation

Stand in front of the computer.  Pour out the chalk dust in an inscribed
pentagram around you; be sure that it is without breaks.  Set an incense stick
at each of the five corners, the altar in front of the computer, and the candle
in front of the altar.

Light each of the incense sticks and the candles, chanting in a low voice:

	Daemons and spirits of the netherworld
	Forces of all that is chaotic and mysterious
	Essence of Netscape and MicroSoft

	I am coming here to appease you
	I offer you this goat
	That my software may work

	I bind you here
	Do not make my system crash
	Let the software install as advertised

Place the goat on the altar, and slaughter it with the dagger.

	May this goat feed you
	Sate your lust for blood
	Into it may your mischief fly
	Not my computer
	Make the software work
	For this is the only way

Then spit into the computer's ventilation slots.  This will complete different
circuits inside the computer, causing its motherboard and cards to function in
ways that the engineers never intended, thereby making your system compatible
with our libraries.

Reboot your computer.  The installation is now complete.

[This has undergone a minor rewrite for XEmacs.  It originally
appeared on rec.humor.funny courtesy of jonathan seth hayward
<jhayward@students.uiuc.edu>, and is included by permission of the
author].