Interesting. It's Clojure 1.2.0-master-SNAPSHOT as of last week: Clojure 1.2.0-master-SNAPSHOT user=> 0xff 255 user=> (byte 0xff) java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Value out of range for byte: 255 (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)
So, this looks like a new issue. Rich? -Per On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Per Vognsen <per.vogn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Sorry, I didn't put that right. 0xFF would only be -1 as a signed >> byte. What I'm saying is that the interaction between the type system >> of integers and the reader's hexadecimal notation is pretty surprising >> to me. In particular, (byte 0xFF) throws an error. > > What version? It works here: > > Clojure 1.1.0 > user=> (byte 0xff) > -1 > > In fact, it seems that (byte) doesn't check the range at all: > > user=> (byte -129) > 127 > > -- > Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> > > -- > 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 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
