Jeremy Cowgar <jer...@cowgar.com> writes:
> On 2021-09-29 02:39, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:54:48AM -0400, Jeremy Cowgar wrote: >>> As an org user I would expect :tangle-mode 0660 to produce a file that >>> has user rw, group rw, other nothing. Instead, what really happens >>> currently is 0660 is treated as an integer which is actually >>> 3140. This produces unexpected file permissions. >>> >> Hm. This looks dangerous: interpreting an integer as octal just >> due to the context? >> I do understand why, but still... >> 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. > > Are you suggesting this currently works or that the patch should be > changed to make that work? A quick try on my local system (pre-patch), > I receive the error: > > Wrong type argument: fixnump, "#o660" You have to use the `identity` function for it to works: :tangle-mode (identity #o660)
