Re: Using the GNU GMP Library for Bignums in Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Another idea: %Nx with a negative number should output its 2's
  > > complement representation in 4N bits.

  > That's already taken: A leading “-“ means to left-justify the output if the 
specified width is wider than required.

We are miscommunicating.  I'm talking about what %Nx should do when
outputting an argument that is negative, as in (format "%16x" -63).

Sorry that wasn't clear.

You could try p/x -63 in GDB to see what I mean.

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