Clojure

BigInteger is print-dup'able but not readable

Details

  • Type: Defect Defect
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Completed
  • Affects Version/s: Release 1.3
  • Fix Version/s: Release 1.3
  • Component/s: None
  • Labels:
    None
  • Patch:
    Code and Test
  • Approval:
    Ok

Description

Per Rich, "We should never be printing something that can't be read."

user=> (binding [*print-dup* true] (print-str (java.math.BigInteger. "1")))
"1BIGINT"
user=> (read-string *1)
NumberFormatException Invalid number: 1BIGINT  clojure.lang.LispReader.readNumber (LispReader.java:253)

This can either be resolved by removing the print-dup for BigInteger, printing it using the N notation (thus being read in as a BigInt), or adding read support for the BIGINT notation.

Attachments

  1. Text File
    print-dup-big-integer.patch
    21/May/11 9:58 PM
    1 kB
    Alexander Taggart
  2. Text File
    readable-BIGINT.patch
    27/May/11 1:33 PM
    3 kB
    Alexander Taggart
  3. Text File
    readable-BIGINT-update-1.patch
    30/May/11 1:26 PM
    3 kB
    Alexander Taggart
  4. Text File
    remove-biginteger-print.patch
    09/Jun/11 1:21 AM
    2 kB
    Alexander Taggart

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Alexander Taggart added a comment -

Patch emits BigIntegers using the N notation.

Apply patch after CLJ-799.

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Alexander Taggart added a comment - Patch emits BigIntegers using the N notation. Apply patch after CLJ-799.
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Christopher Redinger added a comment -

See discussion on clojure-dev mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure-dev/VHvIGmS3HGw/discussion

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Christopher Redinger added a comment - See discussion on clojure-dev mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/clojure-dev/VHvIGmS3HGw/discussion
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Christopher Redinger added a comment -

Commentary on the Rich quote: We should read in the same thing that we wrote out. I think the preferred solution would be to read BigIntegers back in as BigIntegers.

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Christopher Redinger added a comment - Commentary on the Rich quote: We should read in the same thing that we wrote out. I think the preferred solution would be to read BigIntegers back in as BigIntegers.
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Alexander Taggart added a comment -

readable-BIGINT.patch: makes the BIGINT notation readable to a java.lang.BigInteger.

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Alexander Taggart added a comment - readable-BIGINT.patch: makes the BIGINT notation readable to a java.lang.BigInteger.
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Christopher Redinger added a comment -

Tests don't apply cleanly on latests master (due to us taking in CLJ-797 in alpha 8 without this one).

Would you mind refreshing this patch?

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Christopher Redinger added a comment - Tests don't apply cleanly on latests master (due to us taking in CLJ-797 in alpha 8 without this one). Would you mind refreshing this patch?
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Alexander Taggart added a comment -

readable-BIGINT-update-1.patch: applies to master

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Alexander Taggart added a comment - readable-BIGINT-update-1.patch: applies to master
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Stuart Sierra added a comment -

Patch readable-BIGINT-update-1.patch applies on master as of commit 66a88de9408e93cf2b0d73382e662624a54c6c86.

However, I find this notation confusing. "BIGINT" looks like BigInt but actually means BigInteger.

If Clojure uses BigInt everywhere instead of BigInteger, I recommend removing this literal syntax.

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Stuart Sierra added a comment - Patch readable-BIGINT-update-1.patch applies on master as of commit 66a88de9408e93cf2b0d73382e662624a54c6c86. However, I find this notation confusing. "BIGINT" looks like BigInt but actually means BigInteger. If Clojure uses BigInt everywhere instead of BigInteger, I recommend removing this literal syntax.
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Rich Hickey added a comment -

Let's please remove print-dup for BigIntegers. None of these other ideas have been approved. I don't want new literal syntax, nor print-dup taking one thing and reading as another. I especially don't want to have to discover what the plan is by reading the patch, The plan should be approved up front and be clear from the description.

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Rich Hickey added a comment - Let's please remove print-dup for BigIntegers. None of these other ideas have been approved. I don't want new literal syntax, nor print-dup taking one thing and reading as another. I especially don't want to have to discover what the plan is by reading the patch, The plan should be approved up front and be clear from the description.
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Alexander Taggart added a comment - - edited

remove-biginteger-print.patch: removes both print-dup and print-method methods for BigInteger. Now defaults to Number's methods.

And I strongly agree that patches should come after "the plan", but in the face of silence from the planners, some of us might feel inclined to make ready with some potential solutions while we have some time to spare.

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Alexander Taggart added a comment - - edited remove-biginteger-print.patch: removes both print-dup and print-method methods for BigInteger. Now defaults to Number's methods. And I strongly agree that patches should come after "the plan", but in the face of silence from the planners, some of us might feel inclined to make ready with some potential solutions while we have some time to spare.
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Christopher Redinger added a comment -

Rich: I am interpreting the "no new literal syntax" part of your comment to mean that you don't want the "BIGINT" which is in print-method, therefore print-method is out, as well as print-dup. If that is the correct interpretation, this patch looks right.

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Christopher Redinger added a comment - Rich: I am interpreting the "no new literal syntax" part of your comment to mean that you don't want the "BIGINT" which is in print-method, therefore print-method is out, as well as print-dup. If that is the correct interpretation, this patch looks right.

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