Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> On Mar 16, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> 
>> PS: Dag, I read your comment on "(2147483647 + 2147483647)" wrapping
>> around in current Cython. I never thought about that, simply since  
>> I never
>> ran into it. However, when I write
>>
>>     py_large_val = 2147483647 + 2147483647
>>
>> it must never wrap around as it clearly requests Python semantics, and
>> when I write
>>
>>     cdef uint64 c_large_val = 2147483647 + 2147483647
>>
>> it must not wrap around either. I'm fine with a wrap-around in
>>
>>     cdef int c_large_val = 2147483647 + 2147483647
>>
>> though, because that's what the user a) requested or at least b)  
>> must be
>> aware of when explicitly assigning types. So that's clearly  
>> different from
>> a discussion on operator semantics.
> 
> Very interesting--this only happens with constant literal  
> expressions, right? In that case constant folding should take care of  
> it.

Well, yes, sort of. At least it does something, although not to the better.

http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac/ticket/237

Stefan
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