Re: integer64 foreign type ( manual/Foreign%20type%20specifiers.html )

> integer64type
> unsigned-integer64type
> A fixnum or integral flonum, mapping to int64_t or uint64_t. When
> outside of fixnum range the value will overflow into a flonum.
>
> [...] (Numbers between 2^62 and 2^64-1 have gaps.)
>
> ---
>
>
> First of all I don't understand why it's documented as integerNNtype
> when in foreign prims/values one uses "integerNN", not "integerNNtype",
> both as arguments and return values.
>
> But also I don't see any "flonum" (float or double I assume) in
> translated C code. Instead I see things like "C_int64_to_num" which
> seems to return bignums when out of fixnum range; no flonums, no gaps,
> values print out as integers, (exact? ...) prints #t even for
> (u)int64-max. Is the documentation out of date?

Are you sure you are looking at the latest git HEAD? Both of
your assumptions are correct, but api.call-cc.org and git master
look correct to me.


felix