GNU bug report logs - #15320
[2.0.7] Rational number representation problem

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Josh Stokes <jsstokes2 <at> googlemail.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:45:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Josh Stokes <jsstokes2 <at> googlemail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: [2.0.7] Rational number representation problem
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:28:37 +0100

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It seems that certain small numbers are represented as integers, as (*
4294967296 4294967296) results in 0, but (* 3294967296 3294967296) returns
the correct value of 10856809481709551616. In addition, (ash 1 64) gives 0,
but (ash 1 65) works correctly.

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