From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Keith Browne <tuxedo@htq.org>
Cc: 9411@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9411: 23.2; Improper integer conversion (rounding?) on data entry in Calc
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:14:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y5yalf6z.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1108301731420.27245@outrider.deepsky.com> (Keith Browne's message of "Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:35:33 -0400 (EDT)")
Keith Browne <tuxedo@htq.org> writes:
> M-x calc [RETURN]
> 90000000000000010 [RETURN]
> (that's 9, followed by fourteen 0s, followed by 10)
>
> - Observe that 90000000000000016 appears on the stack, not
> 90000000000000010.
That is an inaccuracy in string-to-number that should be fixed in Emacs
24. You can work around it by reducing math-bignum-digit-length.
Andreas.
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2011-08-30 21:35 bug#9411: 23.2; Improper integer conversion (rounding?) on data entry in Calc Keith Browne
2011-08-30 22:14 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2011-09-03 5:40 ` bug#9411: " Paul Eggert
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