> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> int a = -MAXINT-1, b = -1, c = a*b;
....
> c = a / b;
....
> }
My PPro manual says:
#DE The signed result (quotient) is too large for the destination.
Since your result will be MAXINT+1, Divide Error and the mapping to SIGFPE
(arithmetic exception) seems appropriate. What would you prefer it do,
wrap the result around to zero? What does SPARC do?
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