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 KAA09823; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:19:51 +0200 (MET DST) 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 KAA18148 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:19:49 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (mail-in-01.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.41]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h7T8JmT18804 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:19:48 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from diebuntekuh.de (dialin-212-144-211-048.arcor-ip.net [212.144.211.48]) by mail-in-01.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0397299093 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:19:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: by diebuntekuh.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 038EF6066A7; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:22:01 +0200 (CEST) To: OCaml List Subject: [Caml-list] abs min_int From: Christoph Bauer Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:22:01 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; bauer:01 bauer:01 3.07:01 foreach:01 expr:01 caml:01 int:01 int:01 binary:02 exception:02 behavior:03 argument:03 proc:05 body:93 quite:06 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi, the manual describes the function "abs" as "Return the absolute value of the argument." This is not quite true: Objective Caml version 3.07+beta 2 # abs min_int;; - : int = -1073741824 IMO abs should thow an Failure exception or the manual should point out this behavior. Christoph Bauer -- proc self {} {foreach c [split [info body self] ""] d {14 -7 0 0 4 -67 4 73 11 69 24 -83 -15 6 -4 -84 78 20 11 -78 -1 -1 79 19 -8 4} { binary scan $c c c if {[catch {append r [format %c [expr $c+$d]]}]} {return $r};}};puts [self] ------------------- 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