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Defining fixnums John Cowan (12 Jun 2021 02:37 UTC)
Re: Defining fixnums Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (12 Jun 2021 16:08 UTC)
Re: Defining fixnums Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe (12 Jun 2021 18:38 UTC)

Re: Defining fixnums Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe 12 Jun 2021 18:38 UTC

On 2021-06-12 12:08 -0400, Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe wrote:
> On 2021-06-11 22:36 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > R[67]RS both say that fixnums are at least 24-bit, but I think SRFI 224
> > should repeat that that is the maximum range of fixnums you can count on
> > working.
>
> s/maximum/minimum/ ?  Or perhaps I'm misreading SRFI 143.

Sorry, confusing covariance and contravariance again.  Yes, we want
to be clear on the range of integers that users of SRFI 224 can
portably use.

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