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Re: [PATCH] Treat :tangle-mode as an octal value not integer


From: Greg Minshall
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Treat :tangle-mode as an octal value not integer
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:10:38 +0300

Tomas,

> Why not recommend Elisp's explicit syntax for octal representation,
> i.e. :tangle-mode #o660? And put a prominent note in the docs,
> of course.

as much as my fingers are used to "0660 ==> octal", this probably makes
sense.

on the other hand, to protect users, might it be worthwhile ("just due
to the context") to flag ":tangle-mode 0..." integers as an error for
the user to deal with?  (and point them at, e.g., #o660.)

cheers, Greg



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