Re: Integer overflow

1991-11-05 Thread haskell-request
enough. As for (integer) overflow, there are two possible positions: when numbers get too big for portability (28 bits or whatever the book says); or when they get big enough that the answers are wrong (ie. at the bounds of the representation). Checking for the first might reasonably be optional

Integer overflow

1991-11-04 Thread haskell-request
Original-Via: uk.ac.ed.mrcvax; Mon, 4 Nov 91 17:16:03 GMT Original-Via: talisker.hgu; Mon, 4 Nov 91 17:15:05 GMT | > "The results of exception conditions (such as overflow or underflow) on | > the fixed-precision numeric types are undefined; and implementations | > may choose er