From: Pip Cet <pipcet@gmail.com>
To: eliz@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Strange problems with data-tests.el
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:58:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOqdjBdDJpgM=YB6MvHv3bz2DGeOHGfikk-iBdarTipxHzn1Jg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83r2j2jpgo.fsf@gnu.org>
On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 2:44 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > I think that test is a bit misleading, as (< most-positive-fixnum (+
> > -128.0 most-positive-fixnum)) also returns true.
>
> Not on a 32-bit host with a 32-bit EMACS_INT, it doesn't.
You're right, of course. Which is what I meant when I said the test
was misleading: it's true for subtly different reasons on different
hosts; (< x (+ 1.0 x)) is false on some hosts for some x smaller than
most-positive-fixnum, after all.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-13 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-12 18:37 Strange problems with data-tests.el Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-12 22:43 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-13 15:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-13 16:24 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-13 16:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-13 17:02 ` Paul Eggert
2018-08-13 10:06 ` Pip Cet
2018-08-13 14:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-08-13 14:58 ` Pip Cet [this message]
2018-08-13 16:43 ` Paul Eggert
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