Re: Making 'eq' == 'eql' in bignum branch

[Andy Moreton]

On Mon 20 Aug 2018, Paul Eggert wrote:

> Pip Cet wrote:
>> I think references to most-positive-fixnum (and implicit ones, like
>> using Frandom without an argument) should be eliminated. Fixnum range
>> is now an implementation detail.

There will always be a performance diffrence between fixnum and bignum
values, and it may be useful for performance tuning to have a simple way
to discover where that boundary lies.

> I tend to agree. Also, we should remove the fixnump and bignump functions;
> these functions certainly don't need to be in C code and I don't see why they
> even need to be present at all. We shouldn't be giving users the impression
> that the distinction between fixnums and bignums is important.

These are used in the tests to ensure that implementation is correct,
and that values in fixnum range are always represented as fixnums, not
bignums. How do you propose to test that without these predicates ?

    AndyM