On 18.06.2010, at 15:31, Nicolas Oury wrote: > In this situation, I would rather have some kind of toggle > *use-bigints-by-default* (defaulted to false) used by the compiler. > Then, if someone needs big integers, he can switch the toggle and recompile > everything. > You wouldn't have to change the libraries ns.
I don't think it's a good idea to have a compiler switch change the semantics of number handling. > As for being predictable, if you have numbers that can be bigger than 10^19, > you would probably know it in advance. > (indices, counters and the like don't grow that big) True, but that's on a variable-by-variable basis. Konrad. -- 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
