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From: Paul Cousoulis <paulcsouls AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 23:33:21 GMT
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Why does this code result in an integer overflow?

unsigned long res;

res = (1<<31)-1;

Thanks
Paul