[armedbear-devel] BigNum question

[archisman rudra]

My confusion is whether it matters that  2147483648
< 1234567898723618080928927362387

Doesn't the type descriptor (INTEGER 2147483648) mean integers
upto 2147483648?

thanks

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Erik Huelsmann <ehuels at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Archisman,
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:34 PM, archisman rudra <archi.rudra at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Is this correct behavior?
>>
>> CL-USER(17): (type-of 1234567898723618080928927362387)
>> (INTEGER 2147483648)
>>
>>
> Yes: BIGNUM is defined as "INTEGER, but not FIXNUM". (INTEGER 2147483648)
> is much more restrictive than BIGNUM: it disallows all negative values
> which are part of the BIGNUM definition.
>
> HTH,
>
> Erik.
>
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