I believe the bug can be blamed on "nth". Using "nth", I make a function which should be identity on natural numbers:
Clojure 1.2.1 user=> (defn ident [n] (nth (iterate inc 0) n)) #'user/ident And it works, for reasonable size numbers: user=> (ident 12345) 12345 user=> (ident 7654321) 7654321 But, with a ridiculously huge number... user=> (ident 9876543210) 1286608618 ...something goes wrong. Also, when I replace "nth" in my code (in the top post) with "mth", then it works. Here's "mth": user=> (defn mth [seq m] (if (zero? m) (first seq) (recur (rest seq) (dec m)))) #'user/mth user=> (mth (iterate inc 0) 123456) 123456 user=> (mth (iterate inc 0) 9876543210) 9876543210 Of course, "mth" is godawful slow. I guess nobody wanted to find the 9876543210th element of a sequence, until this wanking dilettante came along! cheers, George -- 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
