GNU bug report logs - #40744
guile-2.2.4 (integer-length 0) erroneously returns 0, not 1

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Message #30 received at 40744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefling <at> bjoernhoefling.de>,
 Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>
Cc: 40744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40744: guile-2.2.4 (integer-length 0) erroneously returns
 0, not 1
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 22:01:32 -0500

Hmm, the zero result appears to be intentional, i.e. it's mentioned in
the examples here:

  https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/guile.html#Arithmetic

and is also specified by Chez Scheme and SRFI-60:

  https://www.scheme.com/csug8/numeric.html
  https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-60/srfi-60.html

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Rob Browning
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