From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: 9103@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:56:49 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w962mzb6ce.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1pql9eepx.fsf@gmail.com> (Leo's message of "Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:03:06 +0800")
Leo wrote:
> As far as I can see, (random* most-positive-fixnum) only returns a 32bit
> integer on 64bit Emacs.
Why does random* even need to exist? What can it do that plain random
cannot?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-18 21:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-17 4:03 bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers Leo
2011-07-18 21:56 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2011-07-18 21:58 ` Glenn Morris
2011-07-19 1:21 ` Leo
2011-07-19 1:28 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-09-11 3:20 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-09-11 7:44 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-10-22 15:58 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-11-19 5:19 ` Stefan Kangas
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