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 SAA03292; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:09:45 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA01336 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:09:44 +0200 (MET DST) X-SPAM-Warning: Sending machine is listed in blackholes.five-ten-sg.com Received: from opus.davidb.org (66-75-152-1.san.rr.com [66.75.152.1]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h31G9g521719; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 18:09:43 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from davidb by opus.davidb.org with local (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 190OKO-0008NJ-00; Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:09:36 -0800 Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:09:36 -0800 From: David Brown To: Xavier Leroy Cc: Brian Hurt , Ocaml Mailing List Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Bug? Printf, %X and negative numbers Message-ID: <20030401160936.GA32160@opus.davidb.org> References: <20030330115111.A22539@pauillac.inria.fr> <20030401101946.B14164@pauillac.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030401101946.B14164@pauillac.inria.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 bug:01 printf:01 redesign:01 pointers:01 boxing:01 compiler:01 -bit:01 ints:01 ocaml:01 0200,:01 dave:03 wrote:03 suppose:03 convince:07 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 10:19:46AM +0200, Xavier Leroy wrote: > > Or, I suppose, we could > > completely redesign Ocaml to use 32-bit ints and do something else to > > differentiate ints from pointers :-). > > If you can find a "something else" that is faster than systematically > boxing the 32-bit ints, you'll be hailed as the savior in compiler > circles :-) Easy, just convince everyone to start using 33 bit computers. Dave ------------------- 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