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Date: | Tue, 24 Feb 2004 10:39:28 -0500 |
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker on 24 Feb 2004 13:12:22 GMT) | |
Subject: | Re: Fibonacci number |
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> Since negation is a well-defined operation on unsigned longs, there's > no error involved. This makes no sense. *All* arithmetic operations are well defined for all integer types, but still, POSIX requires a range error. IMHO this means we're meant to check the range of the number *before* folding it to the target type.
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