Re: Checking for loss of information on integer conversion

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

>>> Another possibility would be for Emacs to signal an error when
>>> reading any integer that does not fit in fixnum bounds.

>> Please do that.

> That would be a regression.  On 32bit systems, there are various
> circumstances where we need to read a 32bit ID

I can see how this could be a problem, but I still find the current
semantics pretty horrible, and completely different from what any Lisp
hacker would expect.

Perhaps Emacs could acquire small bignums?  Say, boxed 64-bit integers
with signal on overflow?

> On 64bit systems (and 32bit systems built with wide-ints),
> I don't see such a clear need to convert a large integer into a float,
> so on those systems I think it's OK to just signal an error.

Please.

>         Stefan "still living in the 32bit world"

We like you nonetheless.

-- Juliusz