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authorChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2010-03-06 15:33:04 -0500
committerChong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>2010-03-06 15:33:04 -0500
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NEWS: Document change to Lisp reader for overflowing ints.
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@@ -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.
+
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** Several obsolete functions removed.
The functions have been obsolete since Emacs 19, and are unlikely to