GNU bug report logs - #30408
24.5; (format "%x" large-number) produces incorrect results

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: David Sitsky <david.sitsky <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:03:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.5

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 30408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, David Sitsky <david.sitsky <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#30408: 24.5; (format "%x" large-number) produces incorrect
 results
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 20:56:32 -0800 (PST)

> > I wonder why Emacs Lisp doesn't support bignums by default, so
> > precision would not be an issue?
> 
> Nobody has gotten around to implementing it. It'd be nice if someone did.
> It is a wishlist item, so I'll mark this bug report as wishlist priority.

It's probably a duplicate bug.  This has been requested
in the past - perhaps more than once.  And there has
been some discussion of it.  I don't have a reference,
however.
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