From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:44:28 +0200 Message-ID: References: <0i1uxnb69f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315727099 10918 80.91.229.12 (11 Sep 2011 07:44:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:44:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Leo , 9103@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 11 09:44:54 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2eik-0004ao-Lg for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:44:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35450 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2eik-0002Ld-5G for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:44:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:58572) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2eih-0002LN-Pa for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:44:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2eie-0004H6-IM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:44:51 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:35446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R2eie-0004H2-H0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:44:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2emk-00049e-Ae; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 9103 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 9103-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B9103.131572732915949 (code B ref 9103); Sun, 11 Sep 2011 07:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 9103) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Sep 2011 07:48:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2emW-00049C-En for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:48:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R2emT-000494-Tc for 9103@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:48:47 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA61188A188; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:44:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: LHr7dOwnF+1owxRvN7LIcgQwMhEwtw0bLCRngCqgrKc= Original-Received: from linux.local (ppp-88-217-122-177.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.122.177]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 1CBAB1C001B8; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:44:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by linux.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 586BF1E53A9; Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:44:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Am I SHOPLIFTING? In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:20:00 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:49:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:50870 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > `random*' ends with > > (* (/ n '8388608e0) lim) > > if LIM isn't an integer. Anybody willing to hazard a guess why > 8388608.0 was chosen? Because that's the range of n. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."