Re: Interpreter accepts integers exceeding max_integer

[Daniel Diaz]

An exception (representation_error) should be raised. I'll check it.


Dave Sworin a écrit :
> When a predicate takes an integer argument, it is not useful to check the range 
> of
> the argument using min_integer and max_integer because the interpreter passes 
> the numbers to the predicate already wrapped.  For example:
>
> my_pred(222222222222). will be received as -1, which is within the range of 
> min_integer
> and max_integer. (I tested this with Fedora Core 4 which has a max_integer of 
> about
> 256 million.)
>
> Should the interpreter reject this input as a syntax error?  Or convert it to a 
> float or something?
>
> Dave
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