Re: [slang-users] Version 2.3.3 of the slang library released

["John E. Davis" <jed@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jakob Stierhof <jakob.stierhof@xxxxxx> wrote:
> thanks for the release, I will update our system next week and give it a
> proper test. However, one think I was noticing and want to point out is
> the behavior for unsigned literals. I have mentioned this a while back
> and I still don't know what the best way is to solve this. The issue
> remains so far:
>
>    slsh> _slang_version_string;
>     2.3.3
>    slsh> -1uh;
>     Literal integer constant is too large for UShort_Type
>
> I thought I mention this again so it does not get lost.

Is the intent to produce SHORT_MAX?  If so, then why not use
SHORT_MAX?  Alternatively `typecast (-1, UShort_Type)' may be used. I
also realize the inconsistency that that -1uL does not produce this
error message.

Thanks,
--John

>
> Regards,
> Jakob
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