From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1065DBCBC for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:53:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j518rq1x003673 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:53:52 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA20671; Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:53:52 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from furbychan.cocan.org (furbychan.cocan.org [80.68.91.176]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j518rpHH022002 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:53:52 +0200 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DdP3G-0004Su-00; Wed, 01 Jun 2005 09:58:14 +0100 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 09:58:14 +0100 To: Christian Lindig Cc: Caml List , caml-bugs@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Bug? Random.int max_int on AMD64 fails Message-ID: <20050601085814.GA17158@furbychan.cocan.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 429D77A0.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 429D779F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bug:01 lindig:01 notepad:01 wrote:01 exception:01 integer:01 int:01 int:01 argument:01 max:05 max:05 fails:06 marketing:93 wed:07 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 10:14:01AM +0200, Christian Lindig wrote: > ># Random.int max_int;; > >Exception: Invalid_argument "Random.int". > ># The documentation states: (** [Random.int bound] returns a random integer between 0 (inclusive) and [bound] (exclusive). [bound] must be more than 0 and less than 2{^30}. *) On 64 bit machines, max_int is 2^62 or thereabouts. Rich. -- Richard Jones, CTO Merjis Ltd. Merjis - web marketing and technology - http://merjis.com Team Notepad - intranets and extranets for business - http://team-notepad.com