GNU bug report logs - #5114
23.1.50; (string-to-number (number-to-string most-positive-fixnum))

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:05:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 5114 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>, 5114 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA
Subject: Re: bug#5114: 23.1.50;	(string-to-number (number-to-string most-positive-fixnum))
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:25:57 +0200

> From: Helmut Eller <eller.helmut <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:36:41 +0100
> Cc: 5114 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
> 
> +  else {
> +    unsigned long u = 0;

This assumes that `unsigned long' is the same width as EMACS_INT.
This could be false, e.g., with 64-bit MS-Windows.  Isn't it better to
use EMACS_INT instead?
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