GNU bug report logs - #16283
24.2; Built-in function * , used for calculating product, gives wrong output

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mohammed Sami <abdussami101 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:43:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.2

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Mohammed Sami <abdussami101 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16283 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16283: 24.2; Built-in function * , used for calculating product, gives wrong output
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:51:32 +0100

Mohammed Sami <abdussami101 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> After starting window Emacs with "emacs -q", when I evaluate (* 1024 1024
> 1024 1024), I get 0.

Arithmetic functions generally don't check for overflow.

Andreas.

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