Pádraig Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Meyering wrote: >> For reference, here's a small patch I just wrote that solves >> at least some of the problems reported here, while retaining >> the ability to use MP at run time. > > I'd essentially done the same thing, so I think that will solve > most of the backwards compat issues. > > Note if leaving the --bignum options you should probably also do: > > -Usage: %s EXPRESSION\n\ > - or: %s OPTION\n\ > +Usage: %s [OPTION] EXPRESSION\n\ > > Though I strongly agree with Paul that it shouldn't be an option. > I was cooking up a patch as I also noticed the 64 bit int regression: > > $ expr.orig 4294967296 + 1 > 4294967297 > $ ./expr --no-bignum 4294967296 + 1 > ./expr: 4294967296: Numerical result out of range > > But he's faster than me so less testing for me to do :) > I'll add some extra tests for the "-11 + 3" case etc. > if I don't notice any going in in the next while.
Thanks! Tests for this would be most welcome. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
