[Gd-hackers] [Gd-chatter] r11324 - branches/opendylan-melange/melange

[Peter S. Housel]

On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 19:05 -0700, Chris Page wrote:
> On May 4, 2007, at 18:56 PM, hannes at gwydiondylan.org wrote:
> 
> > -define method int-value (value :: <abstract-integer>, state ::  
> > <parse-state>)
> > +define method int-value (value :: <integer>, state :: <parse-state>)
> 
> Is Open Dylan <integer> a superclass of bignums?

No, <integer> refers to 30-bit fixnums.  There are no bignums in Open
Dylan.  Both <integer> and <double-integer> (the latter defined in the
big-integers library) are subclasses of <abstract-integer>.

-- 
Peter S. Housel <housel at acm.org>