In Clojure 1.3, BigInts are said to be "contagious" across operations.
""" When different types of numbers are used in a math operation, the result will be the larger or more general of the two types. For example, any integer operation involving a BigInt will result in a BigInt, [...]. """ http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Documentation+for+1.3+Numerics However (type (- 2 1N)) results in java.lang.Long and does not seem to work accordingly. What's going on here? Cheers, Dominikus -- 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