makelist(): argument size appears restricted to integer -- RFC
Subject: makelist(): argument size appears restricted to integer -- RFC
From: Robyn Dawn Hannigan
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:17 +1200
Hello Again,
Many thanks for your attentions on this issue. As i read the
replies, i cannot help but feel that i am being told off for
being ignorant.
Admitedly, i _had_ expected to run out of memory.
This is not ALL i want to do. It was a feasability test to see
how big a list i could use before memory ran out. Instead it died.
All the same, thanks for the clarification over the types. i'm new
to LISP but i know what a fixnum is. This makes practical sense.
Also there are as mentioned better ways to do this _one_ case.
This restriction to a fixnum, or an integer, or whatever. Please
document it. i walked in as a 'user', trying not to think like a
software author and got had by an undocumented gotcha. Fair enough.
But may i ask in return for giving the devs someone to tell off,
that the next user doesn't have to ask?
Best Wishes,
Robyn
PS @RJF i thought all RD did was change the type-check to a less permissive
type in mstuff.lisp.