[ sisc-Bugs-963897 ] Some math operators fail on large numbers

Bugs item #963897, was opened at 2004-05-31 23:22
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Scott G. Miller (scgmille)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Some math operators fail on large numbers

Initial Comment:
Some of the math primitives will fail because they rely
on the Java functions which only handle doubles.  When
the bignum is outside the range of a double an error is
signaled.

(log (- (expt 2 1024) 1))


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