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[Chicken-janitors] Re: [Chicken-bugs] #381: 64-bit number conversion on
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[Chicken-janitors] Re: [Chicken-bugs] #381: 64-bit number conversion on 32-bit platforms sucks |
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:54:38 -0000 |
#381: 64-bit number conversion on 32-bit platforms sucks
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Reporter: sjamaan | Owner: felix
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: compiler | Version: 2.7
Resolution: | Keywords: fixnums, flonums, numbers, 64-bit, 32-bit
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Comment (by elf):
hm... what if we use 8 chars or 2 32ints instead of coercing to flonums in
the first place? 64bit ints are necessary all over the place,and
requiring numbers or generating an error doesnt seem optimal to me. i
have some fixed-bit integer code from a long time ago that could probably
be fitted in for this case if desired.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.callcc.org/ticket/381#comment:1>
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