From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id RAA23031; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:37:57 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA23021 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:37:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from qrnik.knm.org.pl (paf87.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl [217.96.225.87]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hA2Gbr127989 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:37:55 +0100 (MET) Received: from qrnik ([192.168.0.1] ident=qrczak) by qrnik.knm.org.pl with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1AGLEV-0006eD-00; Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:37:43 +0100 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Int overflow in literals From: "Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" To: skaller@ozemail.com.au Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <1067786588.20731.19.camel@pelican> References: <1067522012.5880.6.camel@qrnik> <20031031174215.A17345@pauillac.inria.fr> <1067786588.20731.19.camel@pelican> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Message-Id: <1067791062.24541.2.camel@qrnik> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 17:37:43 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 marcin:01 'qrczak':01 kowalczyk:01 qrczak:01 nie:99 pisze:01 marcin:01 kowalczyk:01 qrczak:01 ints:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 int:01 knm:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk W li=B6cie z nie, 02-11-2003, godz. 16:23, skaller pisze: > I cannot give a specific example, but I can paint a general > scenario: some data used with C is copied to ocaml (as text). >=20 > For example 0xFFFFFFFF is too large .. but in C it converts to -1 > which is not too large :-) Given that OCaml ints are one bit smaller than in C, I think this is more likely to mask an error than to be correct. --=20 __("< Marcin Kowalczyk \__/ qrczak@knm.org.pl ^^ http://qrnik.knm.org.pl/~qrczak/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners