Re: [Chicken-janitors] #1096: (abs most-negative-fixnum) does return negative value

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#1096: (abs most-negative-fixnum) does return negative value
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  Reporter:  ckeen           |      Owner:
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor           |  Milestone:  5.0
 Component:  core libraries  |    Version:  4.8.x
Resolution:  fixed           |   Keywords:  abs core
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Changes (by sjamaan):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed
 * milestone:  4.10.0 => 5.0


Comment:

 This has been fixed in CHICKEN 5 through the numbers integration. I think
 it is acceptable to leave this problem in CHICKEN 4 because it's such an
 extreme edge case, and fixing it in CHICKEN 4 would require quite a bit of
 brainpower and time.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1096#comment:3>
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