On 2/13/07, Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 2/13/07, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
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> > In the particular case of CRE exponents, I am not sure. There are
> > unlikely to be many practical applications of exponents > 2^31,
>
> Bug reports which seem to be related to fixnum overflow are
> evidence of such applications, I believe.
Or of playing/exploring. But I suppose giving reasonable results (or
reasonable errors) when people are exploring the system increases their
confidence.
If changing f+ to + fixes some bugs, then it is well worth doing,
> even at the cost of some speed penalty.
I agree.
-s