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

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: David Sitsky <david.sitsky <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 30408 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 24.5; (format "%x" large-number) produces incorrect results
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 18:49:33 -0800

> 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.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 77 days ago.

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