Re: About fixnums

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.21229.1362189416.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> wrote:

> In (info "(elisp) C Integer Types"):
> 
>    * Prefer the Emacs-defined type `EMACS_INT' for representing values
>      converted to or from Emacs Lisp fixnums, as fixnum arithmetic is
>      based on `EMACS_INT'.
> 
> What does the "Emacs Lisp fixnum" mean here?  I had searched the manual and 
> web, but I didn't find anything useful.  Can anybody help?  Thanks.

It means just what the words say: a fixnum in Emacs Lisp. Fixnum is the 
Lisp jargon for fixed-sized integers (as opposed to bignums, which are 
practically unbounded -- Emacs Lisp doesn't have these).

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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