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Re: [Chicken-users] Re: sqlite3 egg patches for chicken experimental bra
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Felix |
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Re: [Chicken-users] Re: sqlite3 egg patches for chicken experimental branch |
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Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:27:04 +0100 (CET) |
From: Alan Post <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] Re: sqlite3 egg patches for chicken experimental
branch
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 14:10:36 -0700
> On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 09:52:52PM +0100, Felix wrote:
>> I recommend not to use fixnum mode, and to use fixnum-specific
>> operators instead. It can happen too easily that a library procedure
>> returns inexact results (for example for very large numbers that
>> exceed fixnum range).
>>
>> Apologies for the ruthless cleaning up over the holidays, but I think
>> it is better go through this sooner than later.
>>
>
> What are the fixnum operators? I didn't know they existed, and I'd
> like to use them myself rather than declaring fixnum. I'm indexing
> into a buffer that came from a file, so I can by definition use the
> machine's word size.
See
http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Unit%20library#arithmetic-fixnum-operations
cheers,
felix