GNU bug report logs - #9103
23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:04:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in versions 28.0.50, 23.3.50

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9103 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9103: 23.3.50; random* from cl does not support the whole range of integers
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:19:36 -0800

Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com> writes:

> As far as I can see, (random* most-positive-fixnum) only returns a 32bit
> integer on 64bit Emacs. This might be an oversight given the age of
> cl.el.

This seems to be an issue also with cl-random on current master, AFAICT.
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