From b6f94db5466c8625cad48dc33acde36f7dfcd4a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:33:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Document change to Lisp reader for overflowing ints. --- etc/NEWS | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 1577bb3edd9..4b0e5468f49 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ System (CLOS). It is used by the other CEDET packages. * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2 ++++ +** The Lisp reader turns integers that are too large/small into floats. +For instance, on machines where `536870911' is the largest integer, +reading `536870912' gives the floating-point object `536870912.0'. +This change does not change how integers overflow. + --- ** Several obsolete functions removed. The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to -- 2.39.5