NEWS: Document change to Lisp reader for overflowing ints.

b6f94db5 · Chong Yidong · eed5c93a · b6f94db5
Commit b6f94db5 authored Mar 06, 2010 by Chong Yidong
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 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.2

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+** 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