Number: 632

Date: 10-Apr-84 16':59':33

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: Wallace.pa

Subject: Running with (OVERFLOW T) causes numerous things to break

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Status: Incomplete

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Problem Type: Bug

Impact: Serious

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Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Perhaps

System: Language Support

Subsystem: Arithmetic

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Description: '
Date':  9 Apr 84 00':16 PST'
From': Wallace.pa'
Subject': Lisp': (OVERFLOW T)'
To': LispSupport.pa'
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Lisp System Date':  8-Apr-84 18':02':02'
Machine': Dorado (Ventana)'
Microcode version': 24,2'
Memory size': 10000'
Frequency': Always'
Impact': Serious'
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Doing (OVERFLOW T) causes all sorts of things to break (just try it; they''re too numerous to list).  It should either work or be taken out of the manual.  Personally, I prefer to run with it, as if I''m causing arithmetic errors I''d rather find the problem than see weird behaviour.'
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Date': 12 Apr 84 18':17 PST'
From': Masinter.pa'
Subject': Re': AR 632': running with (OVERFLOW T) causes numerous things to break'
In-reply-to': LispSupport''s message of 10 Apr 84 17':00':02 PST (Tuesday)'
To': Wallace'
cc': JonL, LispSupport'
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Gumby, '
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I''ve been running for a couple of hours with OVERFLOW (T) with no problem. Clearly you are doing different things. "Too numerous to mention" doesn''t do too good for a bug report. How ''bout just two examples?'


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Edit-By: Masinter.pa

Edit-Date: 11-Jul-84 16':15':07