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. cheers, Pádraig. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
