On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Sean Corfield <seancorfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> In Clojure 1.2: >>> >>> (type (bigint 2)) => java.math.BigInteger >>> >>> In Clojure 1.3: >>> >>> (type (bigint 2)) => clojure.lang.BigInt >>> (type 2N) => clojure.lang.BigInt >> >> What the devil? Why was this done? Seems like wheel reinvention to me. > > Chas has already pointed you at the rationale / discussion but I'm a > bit surprised you reacted as if this was news - the numeric changes in > 1.3 have been discussed at great length in a number of threads here > dating back over a year (and you, yourself, were active in at least > one such discussion back in December 2010).
Discussions about primitive arithmetic, not BigInteger arithmetic. >> And format should account for it. > > I can see arguments on both sides. format is clearly documented to be > a thin wrapper around java.lang.String.format so by that measure we > shouldn't expect it to handle Clojure's BigInt. OTOH, it's reasonable > to expect BigInt to behave "just like" any other regular numeric type > in Clojure and therefore Clojure's own format function should treat > BigInt as valid for %d. That'd be my position, yes. Also, backward compatibility: format works in 1.2 with (* 400000000000 400000000000 400000000000) so it should work in 1.3 with (* 400000000000 400000000000 400000000000). > Might be worth opening a JIRA ticket for enhancing format, yes? You go ahead. I don't have an account there. -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
