From: Mihai Vlad <mihai.vlad@...>
Date: 2006-12-05T23:24:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Integer#to_s(2) works on x86, fails on x86_64

Kalman Noel wrote:
> Suraj Kurapati:
>   
>> $ ruby -v
>> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [x86_64-linux]
>>
>> $ irb
>>     
>>>> 2956350890592680056.to_s(2)
>>>>         
>> RangeError: integer 2956350890592680056 too big to convert to `int'
>>     
>
> irb> "#{RUBY_VERSION} #{RUBY_PLATFORM} #{RUBY_RELEASE_DATE}"
>   => "1.9.0 x86_64-linux 2006-10-16"
> irb> 2956350890592680056.to_s(2)
>   => "10100100000111000100010111100010111001001011111011100001111000"
>
> irb> "#{RUBY_VERSION} #{RUBY_PLATFORM} #{RUBY_RELEASE_DATE}"
>   => "1.8.4 x86_64-linux 2005-12-24"
> irb> 2956350890592680056.to_s(2)
> RangeError: integer 2956350890592680056 too big to convert to `int'
>         from (irb):2:in `to_s'
>         from (irb):2
>
> Kalman
>
>   

Seems on 1.8.5 is ok aswell, so the problem is < 1.8.4

irb(main):001:0> "#{RUBY_VERSION} #{RUBY_PLATFORM} #{RUBY_RELEASE_DATE}"
=> "1.8.5 x86_64-linux 2006-12-04"
irb(main):002:0> 2956350890592680056.to_s(2)
=> "10100100000111000100010111100010111001001011111011100001111000"


-- 
Andi