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logical operators

To: Maciej Stachowiak <mstachow@mit.edu>
Subject: logical operators
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 16:05:31 -0500
Cc: guile@cygnus.com
References: <199712142021.PAA29791@lady-slings-the-booze.mit.edu>


>Is there a reason the logical operators (logiand, logior, etc) will
>only work on numbers that will fit in a (signed) long?

The scm_logmumble routines call scm_num2long and scm_long2num to do
the necessary conversions.  They should probably just call
scm_num2ulong and scm_ulong2num instead.  Give it a try; if it works,
send in a patch and I'll apply it.

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