Hi Tels,
I don't speak Perl, but in C that would overflow the temporary
expression calculated before it is passed as an argument to new()!
Try: my $num = Math::BigInt->new(-1 * (1<<24)) * Math::BigInt->new(1<<24);
Bye, Heribert ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tels [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Subject: Cygwin Perl and Module Math::BigInt
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[Heribert] [snip]
> >my $num = Math::BigInt->new(-1 * (1<<24) * (1<<24));
>
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