[erlang-bugs] : error in rem operator

[Raimo Niskanen]

Thank you guys!

The bug is recognized. We will invesigate it.


On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:44:45AM +0200, Daniel Luna wrote:
> On Thu, 10 May 2007, Jay Anderson wrote:
> > I think I may have found a bug. Here's my factorial function:
> >
> > /////
> > -module(fact).
> > -export([fact/1]).
> >
> > fact(N) -> fact(N,1).
> > fact(0,P) -> P;
> > fact(N,P) -> fact(N-1,P*N).
> > /////
> >
> > Now from the shell I did this:
> >
> > c(fact).
> > X = fact:fact(1000).
> > X rem 823543. %7^7=823543
> >
> > This incorrectly gives 823543 instead of 0. Thanks!
> 
> There is something very strange going on here.
> 
> Look at the result of:
> 
> X div 823543.
> 
> 48860503.....9999999999999
> 
> 823543 is a factor of X, so X is evenly divisible by 823543. That means 
> that the rest of the prime factors in X should still be there. I am 
> missing a whole lot of 0s.
> 
> (Tested on R11B-2)
> 
> /Luna
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