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Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler

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Subject: Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler
From: Jeffrey Siegal <address@hidden>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:05:00 -0500 (EST)
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References: <200112211641.LAA28762@life.ai.mit.edu> <3C276FAF.F89966B9@mediaone.net> <3C28F100.9478041B@mediaone.net> <bruce-67C098.17432626122001@news.paradise.net.nz> <3C2A2420.2010404@quiotix.com> <bruce-3E2970.12141727122001@news.paradise.net.nz> <3C2A8116.D7554E21@quiotix.com> <bruce-A3360D.16272727122001@news.paradise.net.nz>
Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:13877

Bruce Hoult wrote:
> One niceish thing about Dylan is that if you decide that you'd like
> *all* integers in the program to overflow to bignums instead of wrapping
> then all you have to do is rename <general-integer> to <integer> in the
> imports section.

Actually, what I prefer is the behavior that is documented, but not
implemented, in Stalin, which is for fixints to trap if they overflow. 
Transparently overflowing to bignums may hide a program bug or a hidden
assumption that has been broken.

References:
- Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler
  - From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
- Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler
  - From: Bruce Hoult <bruce@hoult.org>
- Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler
  - From: Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com>
- Re: Fun-O Basic Edition Compiler
  - From: Bruce Hoult <bruce@hoult.org>

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