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From:	Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>
To:	"'Tels'" <perl_dummy AT bloodgate DOT com>, tphan AT iqrinc DOT com
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	RE: Cygwin Perl and Module Math::BigInt
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2001 21:52:31 +0100
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Hi Tels,

I don't speak Perl, but in C that would overflow the temporary
expression calculated before it is passed as an argument to new()!
Try: my $num = Math::BigInt->new(-1 * (1<<24)) * Math::BigInt->new(1<<24);

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tels [SMTP:perl_dummy AT bloodgate DOT com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, November 14, 2001 19:35
> To:	tphan AT iqrinc DOT com
> Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject:	Cygwin Perl and Module Math::BigInt
> 
	[Heribert]  [snip]

> >my $num = Math::BigInt->new(-1 * (1<<24) * (1<<24));
> 

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