bug#32252: [PATCH] %o and %x now format signed numbers

[Paul Eggert]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: eller.helmut@gmail.com, 32252@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
> >
> > That being said, it appears that there are enough qualms about the
> > change that I plan to install it with the new variable set the other
> > way. I.e., the default will be the current behavior and people can set
> > the new variable to get the new behavior, to try it this behavior out to
> > see whether they have problems.
>
> Thank you.

OK, I installed the attached patch which does that, and am closing the bug 
report. I plan to run with binary-as-unsigned set to nil and to report any 
problems I encounter. I encourage others (particularly skeptics :-) to do the same.

0001-o-and-x-can-now-format-signed-integers.txt
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