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uwiger
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:52 am Reply with quote
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Is it just me, or is this behaviour surprising?
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dmitriid
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:51 am Reply with quote
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Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
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surprising bit syntax

Is it just me, or is this behaviour surprising?
4> <<255>>.
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Guest
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:26 pm Reply with quote
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8 bits you pump in 999 which would be 03 E7, so what happens e7 rolls
over 3 times so e7 in decimal is nnananna = 231. what you would need
to do is make <<I:8/integer>> is <<I:16/integer>>

hope this helps

mog

On 7/3/07, Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt <dmitriid@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
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> Is it just me, or is this behaviour surprising?
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uffe
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 1:53 pm Reply with quote
User Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 365 Location: Sweden
Well, I was just goofing around with term comparisons, and
came across something unexpected. It's logical, of course,
but it should be documented.

BR,
Ulf W

2007/7/3, Matthew O'Gorman <mogorman@astjab.org>:
> 8 bits you pump in 999 which would be 03 E7, so what happens e7 rolls
> over 3 times so e7 in decimal is nnananna = 231. what you would need
> to do is make <<I:8/integer>> is <<I:16/integer>>
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> hope this helps
>
> mog
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> On 7/3/07, Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt <dmitriid@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
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> > Is it just me, or is this behaviour surprising?
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> > 4> <<255>>.
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