RE: gawk printf format problem with negative numbers

[Shaffer, Kenneth]

shaffek>make tstmin
gcc     tstmin.c   -o tstmin
tstmin.c:6:16: warning: integer constant is so large that it is unsigned
tstmin.c: In function `main':
tstmin.c:6: warning: this decimal constant is unsigned only in ISO C90
tstmin.c:6: warning: integer constant is too large for "long" type
/usr/src
shaffek>./tstmin
This compiler is buggy

#define INTMAX_MIN (-9223372036854775808)
#define INTMAX_MAX (9223372036854775807)
#define UINTMAX_MAX (18446744073709551615ULL)

The above must be 64-bit values. Does gcc handle such large values on a PC? If so, would you happen to know what compile options might make use of it?

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Ken Shaffer
Staff Software Engineer
770-236-3421
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-----Original Message-----

> The crux of the problem is the compare "if (tmpval < INTMAX_MIN)"... it thinks
> -1234 is less than the maximum negative number

What is the value of INTMAX_MIN on your host?  Can you reproduce the problem
with a small C program?  Something like this:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
double tmpval = -1234;
int main (void)
{
  if (tmpval < INTMAX_MIN)
    printf ("This compiler is buggy\n");
}

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