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From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#5114: 23.1.50; (string-to-number (number-to-string most-positive-fixnum))
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:18:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ocmdjvpm.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 83d42tjy4q.fsf@gnu.org

* Eli Zaretskii [2009-12-05 15:25+0100] writes:

>> From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:36:41 +0100
>> Cc: 5114@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
>> 
>> +  else {
>> +    unsigned long u = 0;
>
> This assumes that `unsigned long' is the same width as EMACS_INT.
> This could be false, e.g., with 64-bit MS-Windows.  Isn't it better to
> use EMACS_INT instead?

Using EMACS_UINT wouldn't hurt.  Does MOST_POSITIVE_FIXNUM not fit in a
unsigned long on Windows?  I assumed that longs are supposed to be as
wide as pointers.

Helmut







  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-05 15:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-03 14:36 bug#5114: 23.1.50; (string-to-number (number-to-string most-positive-fixnum)) Helmut Eller
2009-12-03 20:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-12-05 12:36   ` Helmut Eller
2009-12-05 14:25     ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-12-05 15:18       ` Helmut Eller [this message]
2009-12-05 16:44         ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-09-18  9:47 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-18 10:57   ` Leo

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