From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: uniform vector byte signed or unsigned Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:42:33 +1000 Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87fz7d2ht2.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <87zn5qiaj7.fsf@zip.com.au> <410239C7.8080701@ossau.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090968187 31779 80.91.224.253 (27 Jul 2004 22:43:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:43:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 28 00:42:59 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bpaex-00072p-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:42:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bpai4-0006AV-0d for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:46:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bpahv-0006AP-7P for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:46:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1Bpaht-00069f-GV for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:46:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bpaht-00069V-Bn for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:46:01 -0400 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.84] (helo=mailout1.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Bpaek-0004vS-E1 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:42:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (mailproxy2.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.87]) by mailout1.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i6RMgi4u012154; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:42:44 +1000 Original-Received: from localhost (ppp20F1.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.32.241]) by mailproxy2.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.6) with ESMTP id i6RMgggH026627; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:42:43 +1000 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BpaeY-0000Wa-00; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:42:34 +1000 Original-To: neil@ossau.uklinux.net Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <410239C7.8080701@ossau.uklinux.net> (Neil Jerram's message of "Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:28:23 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3896 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:3896 Neil Jerram writes: > > My preference would be for the value to be unsigned in the first > place, though. Me too, but it's probably too late to change. I'd imagine everyone who used it would have quickly found its signed, and written code for that. Actually, I see there's always a -128 to +127 check in array-fill!, so I guess that answers the question what it ought to be. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel