>From 21397837eaf0801e7b1cd4155a811a939a7667de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 10:24:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] nthcdr now works with bignums

Problem reported by Karl Fogel in:
https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-08/msg00671.html
* src/fns.c (Fnthcdr): Support bignum counts.
---
 src/fns.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index a11de1b082..aeb9308d22 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -1402,9 +1402,20 @@ DEFUN ("nthcdr", Fnthcdr, Snthcdr, 2, 2, 0,
        doc: /* Take cdr N times on LIST, return the result.  */)
   (Lisp_Object n, Lisp_Object list)
 {
-  CHECK_FIXNUM (n);
+  CHECK_INTEGER (n);
   Lisp_Object tail = list;
-  for (EMACS_INT num = XFIXNUM (n); 0 < num; num--)
+
+  EMACS_INT num;
+  if (FIXNUMP (n))
+    num = XFIXNUM (n);
+  else
+    {
+      num = mpz_sgn (XBIGNUM (n)->value);
+      if (0 < num)
+	num = EMACS_INT_MAX;  /* LIST cannot possibly be this long.  */
+    }
+
+  for (; 0 < num; num--)
     {
       if (! CONSP (tail))
 	{
-- 
2.17.1