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changeset 10559:dcb43c6d4c42
Integer width changes.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 27 Jan 1995 01:43:02 +0000 |
| parents | fbfd717ff79b |
| children | fd09d51dfd77 |
| files | lispref/objects.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/objects.texi Fri Jan 27 01:41:28 1995 +0000 +++ b/lispref/objects.texi Fri Jan 27 01:43:02 1995 +0000 @@ -150,25 +150,25 @@ @node Integer Type @subsection Integer Type - Integers were the only kind of number in Emacs version 18. The range -of values for integers is @minus{}8388608 to 8388607 (24 bits; i.e., + The range of values for integers in Emacs Lisp is @minus{}134217728 to +134217727 (28 bits; i.e., @ifinfo --2**23 +-2**27 @end ifinfo @tex -$-2^{23}$ +$-2^{27}$ @end tex to @ifinfo -2**23 - 1) +2**27 - 1) @end ifinfo @tex -$2^{23}-1$) +$2^{28}-1$) @end tex -on most machines, but is 25 or 26 bits on some systems. It is important -to note that the Emacs Lisp arithmetic functions do not check for -overflow. Thus @code{(1+ 8388607)} is @minus{}8388608 on 24-bit -implementations.@refill +on most machines. (Some machines may provide a wider range.) It is +important to note that the Emacs Lisp arithmetic functions do not check +for overflow. Thus @code{(1+ 134217727)} is @minus{}134217728 on most +machines. The read syntax for integers is a sequence of (base ten) digits with an optional sign at the beginning and an optional period at the end. The @@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ 1 ; @r{The integer 1.} 1. ; @r{Also The integer 1.} +1 ; @r{Also the integer 1.} -16777217 ; @r{Also the integer 1!} - ; @r{ (on a 24-bit or 25-bit implementation)} +268435457 ; @r{Also the integer 1!} + ; @r{ (on a 28-bit implementation)} @end group @end example