GNU bug report logs - #75105
(cl-random -1.0e+INF)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 23:28:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 75105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, mattiasengdegard <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#75105: (cl-random -1.0e+INF)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:09:51 +0100

16 feb. 2025 kl. 01.50 skrev Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>:

> (cl-random 0.0) returns 0.0, but one could argue it should throw

It definitely should throw, but perhaps it's not worth the incompatibility? Not sure, because existing code that passes 0.0 is likely buggy anyway.
Or we could say that it's just an ad-hoc extension, by vague analogy of (car nil) = nil.
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