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From: Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>
To: a.biardi@tiscali.it
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: decimal constant so large?
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:15:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17052.25461.832292.512017@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200505281850.57908.a.biardi@tiscali.it>


a.biardi@tiscali.it wrote:

> Can anyone tell me why the constant -2147483648,

-2147483648 isn't a constant, it's an expression consisting of the
negation operator "-" applied to the decimal constant "2147483648".

The decimal constant 2147483648 is too large to fit into a signed
32-bit integer, so it is treated as unsigned.

If you want the most negative signed 32-bit integer, you have to write
it as (-2147483647 - 1).

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@gclements.plus.com>

  reply	other threads:[~2005-05-31 13:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-28 17:50 decimal constant so large? a.biardi
2005-05-31 13:15 ` Glynn Clements [this message]
2005-05-31 23:15   ` Training Darren Sessions

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