Re: gawk printf format problem with negative numbers

[Paul Eggert]

"Shaffer, Kenneth" <address@hidden> writes:

> 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");
}