I've just upgraded from 1.13.3 to 1.14.1, and there seem to be some
unpleasant numerical features. First the serious breakage:
1.13.3:
$ echo $((0x80000000))
2147483648
1.14.1:
$ echo $((0x80000000))
2147483647
Oops! This is pretty worrying, actually. I'll dig and try and figure it
out, but I think a heads up is in order. Hopefully somebody who's been
working on the shell recently can point me where too look.
Next an oddity, this on both versions:
$ printf %x -2147483648
0sh: -2147483648: invalid number
That's a shame. But what about this one:
$ printf %x -2147483647
0sh: -2147483647: invalid number
Hmmmmm.
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