Re: Type of expression

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From: Clive D.W. Feather
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 18:42

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In article <DEG4C6.6Ao@polo.demon.co.uk>,
John Winters <john@polo.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Surely 0x80000000L is only too big for a long int on a 32 bit machine
> if you intend it to be interpreted as a positive number?  It fits in a
> 32 bit signed int fine, and represents -2147483648.

The C expression 0x80000000L is a way of writing the value 2147483648.
It is always a positive value. Since it won't fit in a 32-bin long int,
the language gives it the type unsigned long int.

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Subject: Re: Type of expression
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 18:42:29 GMT
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