Subject: bug#18807: seq does not play nice with large 64 bit integers

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:54:32 +0100

tag 18807 notabug
close 18807
stop

On 10/23/2014 02:12 PM, Thaddaeus Frogley wrote:
> seq 2305843009213693952 2305843009213693954
> 
> 
> Should produce
> 
> 
> 2305843009213693952
> 2305843009213693953
> 2305843009213693954
> 
> 
> But actually produces (repeating for ever):
> 
> 
> 2.30584e+18
> ... 

That's been fixed for quite a while,
with the latest versions just manipulating text
for simple integers like this, and so can work
for any length strings.

thanks,
Pádraig.