From: "F. Senault" <fred@...>
Date: 2006-09-02T21:20:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Bignum limits ?

Le 2 septembre 2006 � 11:47, Paul Lutus a �crit :

> Jean-Claude Arbaut wrote:
> 
>> Paul Lutus wrote:
>> 
>>> What version of Ruby do you have? I ran the same test and didn't get this
>>> message. And what platform? Mine:
>>> 
>>> $ ruby -v
>>> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-linux]
>> 
>> % ruby -v
>> ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [powerpc-darwin8.7.0]
>> (that is, MacOS X 10.4.7)
> 
> Okay, I think you are seeing a version-specific bug. Any other reader
> comments?

I've made the test with ruby 1.8.4 : it works fine.  Then, I upgraded to
ruby 1.8.5 and it fails as described by the OP.

FWIW :

14:13 fred@talisker:~> ruby -v
ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-25) [i386-freebsd5]

Fred
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