From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>, 9103@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 05:20:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m31uvn22an.fsf@stories.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0i1uxnb69f.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:58:36 -0400")
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
> Glenn Morris wrote:
>
>> Why does random* even need to exist? What can it do that plain random
>> cannot?
>
> ...non-integer results, it seems.
`random*' ends with
(* (/ n '8388608e0) lim)
if LIM isn't an integer. Anybody willing to hazard a guess why
8388608.0 was chosen?
And would it make sense to just replace it all with a call to `random',
and then make it into a floating point if it floats?
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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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
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 [this message]
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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