From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Helmut Eller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: integer overflow Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:41 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4B8147A9.7030504@gmail.com> <87ljemdzxo.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4B83682D.5010804@gnu.org> <87vddmpw4s.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87hbp2fwoi.fsf@gnu.org> <87wrxrr4md.fsf@gnu.org> <3vsk8ecg6a.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <873a0euot4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1267859055 10373 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2010 07:04:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 07:04:15 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 06 08:04:10 2010 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nno3T-0003DC-2M for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:04:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38922 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nno3S-0000u0-9F for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:04:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nno3L-0000sw-VF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:04:00 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39620 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nno3K-0000sg-Od for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nno3J-0000KS-NA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:58 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:36005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nno3J-0000Jv-Gs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:03:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nno3E-00037X-0A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:52 +0100 Original-Received: from dial-183205.pool.broadband44.net ([212.46.183.205]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:51 +0100 Original-Received: from eller.helmut by dial-183205.pool.broadband44.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:51 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ connect(): Connection refused Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-183205.pool.broadband44.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CgytwLnpv7wPFACF5SSaHZ8Ueck= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:121674 Archived-At: * Chong Yidong [2010-03-06 04:11+0100] writes: >> Can you summarize how it's supposed to work? > > The change affects the Lisp reader: reading "536870912" or any larger > number now gives you a float Lisp object, instead of an integer Lisp > object (since there is no way to represent 536870912 or larger as > integers). 536870911 and below are still read as integers. What's the point of doing that? I would much prefer if read would just raise and error. Helmut