Date:	Sat, 26 Nov 94 13:40:38 +0100
From:	sl051ma AT unidui DOT uni-duisburg DOT de (Michael Mauch)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: -1441992/4 = 1073381326

 
Hi Kimberley!
 
On 25 Nov 94, OKRA AT max DOT tiac DOT net wrote:
 
>   This program:
>
> int main() {
>
>   long x = -1441992;
>   unsigned y = 4;
>
>   printf("%d / %d = %d\n",x,y,x/y);
> }
>
>   Spits this out:
>
> -1441992 / 4 = 1073381326
 
It works fine, if you use a cast:
 
        printf("%d / %d = %d\n",x,y,x/(long)y)
 
I don't know, if this is a bug or a feature (of ANSI-C).
 
But it's nice, that gcc does not necessarily need a "%ld" for the long
values.
 
Bye...
           Michael
 

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