My confusion is whether it matters that  2147483648 &lt; 1234567898723618080928927362387<div><br></div><div>Doesn&#39;t the type descriptor (INTEGER 2147483648) mean integers upto 2147483648?</div><div><br></div><div>thanks<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Erik Huelsmann <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ehuels@gmail.com" target="_blank">ehuels@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Archisman,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 8:34 PM, archisman rudra <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:archi.rudra@gmail.com" target="_blank">archi.rudra@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Is this correct behavior?</div><div><br></div><div>CL-USER(17): (type-of 1234567898723618080928927362387)</div><div>(INTEGER <a href="tel:2147483648" value="+12147483648" target="_blank">2147483648</a>)</div><div><br>

</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Yes: BIGNUM is defined as &quot;INTEGER, but not FIXNUM&quot;. (INTEGER <a href="tel:2147483648" value="+12147483648" target="_blank">2147483648</a>) is much more restrictive than BIGNUM: it disallows all negative values which are part of the BIGNUM definition.</div>

<div><br></div><div>HTH,</div><div><br></div><div>Erik.</div></div>
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