Hi, Am Mittwoch, 7. September 2011 15:21:23 UTC+2 schrieb Stefan Kamphausen: > > > user=> (* 1000000000000000000 1000000000000000000) > 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 > > in 1.3.0 (MASTER a few days ago) > user=> (* 1000000000000000000 1000000000000000000) > ArithmeticException integer overflow clojure.lang.Numbers.throwIntOverflow > (Numbers.java:1374) > > Yes, I understand that this is a rare/corner case and that the overall gain > may be worth it. And I only followed that long discussion without really > trying it out for myself. > > Yeah. But that is not less "safe", no? Just overflowing the long is not safe. Throwing an exception is perfectly safe. The exception can be caught and handled.
See also here: http://groups.google.com/group/clojure/msg/6e987f49d54db3d4 Sincerely Meikel -- 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