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rem(::BigFloat, ::Type{<:Normed}) may return an incorrect value #211

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@kimikage

This isn't a fatal issue in practice, but I ran into it in testing multiplication code.

julia> BigFloat(0x0_01234567_89abcdef) % N63f1 |> reinterpret
0x0123456789abcdef

julia> BigFloat(0x1_01234567_89abcdef) % N63f1 |> reinterpret
0xffffffffffffffff

The cause is the unsafe_trunc.

julia> r = 0x1_01234567_89abcdef;

julia> bf = BigFloat(r)
1.8528729602926038511e+19

julia> bi = BigInt(bf)
18528729602926038511

julia> unsafe_trunc(UInt64, bf)
0xffffffffffffffff

julia> unsafe_trunc(UInt64, bi)
0x0123456789abcdef

Perhaps it would be better to convert via BigInt.

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