Re: have a look at this proggie, please.
Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:45:28 -0500 (EST)
>
> Output:
>
> -2147483648 * -1 = -2147483648
> Floating exception
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Quite obviously, -MAXINT-1 * -1 is too large for an integer to hold (by
> one), but it should *NOT* report a floating exception... Right?!
>
Yes but.... What signal should it generate? You need some trap because
once math is invalid, you really don't want to continue. There isn't
a SIGINTEGEROVERFLOW!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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