INT_MIN bug

[karish at mindcrf.UUCP]

In article <1295 at tuewsd.win.tue.nl> wsinpdb at lso.win.tue.nl (Paul de Bra) writes:
>In sVr3.2 (on the 386) the file <limits.h> contains the definitions
>#define INT_MIN 	-2147483648
>and
>#define LONG_MIN	-2147483648L
>
>which, according to K&R (second edition) are unsigned (constant) expressions
>in ANSI C.

K&R II, section B11, does not say that the values must be unsigned.

The C Standard specifically requires that they have the appropriate signs:

    2.2.4.2, Numerical Limits

    The values given below shall be replaced by constant expressions
    suitable for use in #if preprocessing directives.  Their
    implementation-defined values shall be equal or greater in
    magnitude (absolute value) to those shown, with the same sign.

    [ ... ]

    INT_MIN                           -32767

    LONG_MIN                     -2147483647
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