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Re: ishft(-32768,-1) = 2147467264 ? [message #9341 is a reply to message #9338]

Fri, 20 June 1997 00:00

George McCabe
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Registered: June 1997

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On Fri, 20 Jun 1997 09:37:31 -0400, Jack Saba wrote:

> From the user's guide (v3.6,p 3-2):
>
> "Inegers with absolute values greater than 32767 are automatically
> promoted to longword type."
>

Jack,

Thank you for pointing that out. It makes ABS() work, since the
absolute value of -32768 is not a member of the short integers. But
when definitions are contradictory I get confused. Ultimately, I am
going to make mistakes in my code, forgetting one or more of the rules.
Still, -32768 is first a short integer and then also a long integer,
in my mind at least.

George

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