I seem to get incorrect output and errors in some cases when using the
fmt and numbers eggs together. A brief transcript illustrating the
problem is included below. In brief:
* (fix 30 2/3) doesn't behave as indicated in the docs.
* Some large numbers cause errors.
When not using the
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On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 11:40:47AM -0500, Sudarshan S Chawathe wrote:
> I seem to get incorrect output and errors in some cases when using the
> fmt and numbers eggs together. A brief transcript illustrating the
> problem is included below. In brief:
>
> * (fix 30 2/3) doesn't behave as
Sudarshan S Chawathe scripsit:
> When not using the numbers egg, fmt's behavior seems to be as expected
> (given Chicken's implementation of numbers without the 'numbers' egg).
Since the fmt egg is compiled without the numbers egg, it only recognizes
native Chicken numbers, i.e. fixnums and