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* bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum
@ 2014-05-23  4:46 Leo Liu
  2014-05-23  7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
  2014-05-24 15:19 ` Leo Liu
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Leo Liu @ 2014-05-23  4:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 17556


Due to integer overflow (math-bignum most-negative-fixnum) is incorrect.
Any objection if I fix it like in this patch:

=== modified file 'lisp/calc/calc.el'
--- lisp/calc/calc.el	2014-01-01 07:43:34 +0000
+++ lisp/calc/calc.el	2014-05-23 04:42:18 +0000
@@ -2773,9 +2773,15 @@
 
 ;; Coerce integer A to be a bignum.  [B S]
 (defun math-bignum (a)
-  (if (>= a 0)
-      (cons 'bigpos (math-bignum-big a))
-    (cons 'bigneg (math-bignum-big (- a)))))
+  (cond
+   ((>= a 0)
+    (cons 'bigpos (math-bignum-big a)))
+   ((= a most-negative-fixnum)
+    ;; Note: (- most-negative-fixnum) is most-negative-fixnum
+    (math-sub (cons 'bigneg (math-bignum-big (- (1+ a))))
+	      1))
+   (t
+    (cons 'bigneg (math-bignum-big (- a))))))
 
 (defun math-bignum-big (a)   ; [L s]
   (if (= a 0)





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* bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum
  2014-05-23  4:46 bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum Leo Liu
@ 2014-05-23  7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
  2014-05-23  8:23   ` martin rudalics
  2014-05-23  9:44   ` Leo Liu
  2014-05-24 15:19 ` Leo Liu
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Schwab @ 2014-05-23  7:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Leo Liu; +Cc: 17556

Leo Liu <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:

> +    (math-sub (cons 'bigneg (math-bignum-big (- (1+ a))))

aka                                             (- 1 a)

Andreas.

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* bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum
  2014-05-23  7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2014-05-23  8:23   ` martin rudalics
  2014-05-23  9:44   ` Leo Liu
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: martin rudalics @ 2014-05-23  8:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andreas Schwab, Leo Liu; +Cc: 17556

>> +    (math-sub (cons 'bigneg (math-bignum-big (- (1+ a))))
>
> aka                                             (- 1 a)

Hmmm...

martin







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* bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum
  2014-05-23  7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
  2014-05-23  8:23   ` martin rudalics
@ 2014-05-23  9:44   ` Leo Liu
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Leo Liu @ 2014-05-23  9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andreas Schwab; +Cc: 17556

On 2014-05-23 09:33 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> aka                                             (- 1 a)

aka most-positive-fixnum ;)

Leo





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* bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum
  2014-05-23  4:46 bug#17556: 24.4.50; fix math-bignum Leo Liu
  2014-05-23  7:33 ` Andreas Schwab
@ 2014-05-24 15:19 ` Leo Liu
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Leo Liu @ 2014-05-24 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 17556-done

Fixed in 24.5





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