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Sun, 16 Dec 2018 21:24:25 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <5F8F2E1B-E446-421B-9FE0-FE1D391646D8@gnu.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:153500 Archived-At: >>> Why do you say this is unexpected? >>=20 >> I am not a mathematician but I believe the answer is wrong for 2^140. >=20 > The correct value cannot be represented in an Emacs fixnum. What did = you expect Emacs to do? IOW, what would be the "expected" result, given = the limited range of integers we can represent? I expect no answer and an error out with an informative explanation if = asked for, when Emacs is unable to do. >>> If you want the same support for huge numbers as in Scheme, try >> Emacs 27. >>=20 >> I take that to mean the master branch but the emacs-mac repo-updates >> are less freq. than gnu-emacs=E2=80=99s. >=20 > Some features, such as this one, will not be available in older = versions. A helpful place to explain the versioning policy would be a file in the = emacs/etc directory. Version 26 means stable, 27 means unstable is my guess.