[BUG] DSA failure in LargePositiveInteger in #new:<primitive:71>
John.Maloney at disney.com
John.Maloney at disney.com
Wed May 31 07:15:49 UTC 2000
By the way, Jerry, thank you for discovering this problem.
I'm sure we'll be able to find a short-term solution that makes
DSA work again. There are at least three options.
-- John
>=> 5/30/00 5:23:25 PM EDT, sr at evolgo.de =>
><< I think the problem is clear: "To normalize or not to normalize!">>
>
>Cute. However, it appears with new LargeIntegers package that normalize is
>essential (in some cases), where with old LargePositiveIntegers it was
>optional (in some cases).
>
><<I'm not motivated to make a full rework of the DSA stuff and would like to
>hear John's opinion about this topic... >>
>
>It sounds like John Maloney understands the problem (see full text of
>following E-mail), and was taking certain liberties with LargePositiveInteger
>for performance reasons.
>
>=> 5/30/00 7:18:42 PM EDT, John.Maloney at disney.com =>
><< Incidentally, I'm about to vanish for a six week vacation in Europe. I'm
>afraid I won't be able to do much about this myself before I go. >>
>
>Stephan and John,
>
>John's description seems quite consistent with Stephan's. So unless someone
>is willing to submit a temporary fix as a standard fileIn for the DSA code
>(perhaps a performance hit by a factor of 2 is good enough for six weeks), I
>would say that it's broken and should not be used until John gets back. Other
>opinions?
>
>One more fox out of one more rabbit hole :-),
>Jerry.
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