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   Tim Rentsch to Keith Thompson   
   Re: type of decimal constants in msvc   
   22 Dec 25 05:05:04   
   
   From: tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com   
      
   Keith Thompson  writes:   
      
   > Thiago Adams  writes:   
   >   
   >> Em 19/12/2025 09:15, Keith Thompson escreveu:   
   >   
   > [...]   
   >   
   >>> gcc's warning for 18408377700990114895 (which is slightly smaller   
   >>> than 2**64) is "integer constant is so large that it is unsigned".   
   >>> This is *incorrect* (and I think it's been reported as a bug), but   
   >>> the incorrect wording of the warning is not a conformance issue.   
   >>   
   >> I am not understating why do you think this is a bug?   
   >> Because it should not compile?   
   >   
   > No, because the message is factually incorrect.   
      
   No, it isn't.  The message might be misleading but it isn't wrong.   
      
   > The integer constant 18408377700990114895 is not of any unsigned type.   
      
   The message doesn't say the constant has an unsigned type.  It says   
   only that the constant is unsigned.   
      
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