Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:59:26 -0400 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org> To: Libh <freebsd-libh@freebsd.org> Subject: tcl integer limitations Message-ID: <20011023165922.F526@shall.anarcat.dyndns.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi. I'm working on making it possible to change the size units in the label editor and the fdisk editor. Inevitably, I must use bytes instead of sectors to represent the sizes. The problem is that this overflows tcl's default integer type (long): anarcat@shall[~/libh/release/diskedit]% bc bc 1.06 Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details type `warranty'. 60030432 * 512 30735581184 anarcat@shall[~/libh/release/diskedit]% tclsh8.3 % expr 60030432 * 512 670810112 % expr 30735581184 integer value too large to represent I guess the proper solution is to use a floating points, but that seems evil to me... Unless anyone has a better idea, i'll use floating point. Or at least try. ;) A. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvV2ikACgkQttcWHAnWiGeNcwCcDDN/Cz2NDv35wRLEIaervR6Z fA0An1fLcGeB8YH1EPO8q5RTAtUBGVq9 =/h5o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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