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

[Chris Page]

On May 4, 2007, at 21:45 PM, Peter S. Housel wrote:

> 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>.

In that case, I believe this change to <integer> means the code won't  
correctly handle some C headers.

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