numeric ranges and errors Tom Lord 26 Dec 2003 19:29 UTC


I notice that there is no way to test whether a given long or unsigned
long value can be converted to Scheme other than by doing it and
perhaps getting an error.

I think that that _would_ be just fine except for the fact that errors
cause non-local exits, giving the C function no opportunity to try a
different approach (e.g., using a smaller buffer size in an I/O
primitive).

-t