Bignums, libmp and FreeBSD

[Kaarthik Sivakumar]

>>> "JJ" == Jerry James <james at xemacs.org> writes:
JJ> I'll be happy to look over patches implementing libcrypto bignum
JJ> support for FreeBSD. :-)

Well, I am trying to get some docs on FreeBSD's bignum stuff, so I can
do something there. I am going very slow though, as some personal
issues are causing delays.

[...]

JJ> So pi got initialized to 0, did it? I had this happen with Solaris
JJ> MP awhile back, and fixed it, I thought. Have you done a "cvs
JJ> update" recently?

I just updated and tried. But I get the same thing:

      Loading float-sup.el...
*** Error in XEmacs initialization
(arith-error)
*** Backtrace
  really-early-error-handler((arith-error))
  /(180.0 0.0)
  (defconst radians-to-degrees (/ 180.0 pi) "Radian to degree conversion constant")


[...]

JJ> Hey, if you are looking for such chances, I've got a long list you
JJ> can look over. :-)

Actually I am interested in something, but I would like to start out
with really small things. The next few weeks are going to be a bit too
busy and I dont know XEmacs internals well enough for even
intermediate level changes. Do you have any small ticket items that
are probably small and boring for you but wont require too much from a
newbie XEmacs internals guy? Mind numbing variable name changes,
maybe?:)

kaarthik