From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Dale P. Smith" Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: (sqrt long-digit-string) Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:35:01 -0500 Organization: Altus Technologies Corporation Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20030212003501.31c2f46a.dsmith@altustech.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1045028176 22246 80.91.224.249 (12 Feb 2003 05:36:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 05:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ipZ7-0005me-00 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 06:36:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ipaG-0007mq-03 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:37:24 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ipZy-0007l1-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:37:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ipZw-0007kq-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:37:05 -0500 Original-Received: from borg.altus.cc ([208.40.56.34]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ipZv-0007km-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:37:03 -0500 Original-Received: from sparky (oh-strongsvillecadent1-1c-203.clvhoh.adelphia.net [68.69.211.203]) by borg-eth1.altus.cc (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h1C5b1q24050 for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:37:01 -0500 Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.9claws48 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1912 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1912 On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:25:44 -0700 (MST) "Nelson H. F. Beebe" wrote: > I just tried the posted example of (sqrt long-digit-string) with > guile 1.6.3 on Sun Solaris and got similar scanner errors. > > I then chopped off trailing digits and made repeated experiments. > With an input line of 256 characters, guile reports a reasonable > numeric answer. With 257 characters, it goes into a wait state. > With 258 character, it reports the scanner error. It works for me in 1.6.3 on intel, using rlb's .debs. The reader starts out with a token buffer of 30, and then doubles it each time it overflows. 30 60 120 240 480. It doesn't line up at 256. Just a hunch. Try it without readline, if you are using it. -Dale -- Dale P. Smith Senior Systems Consultant, | Treasurer, Altus Technologies Corporation | Cleveland Linux Users Group dsmith@altustech.com | http://cleveland.lug.net 440-746-9000 x239 | _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel