[Info-vax] DCL Integer Overflow

[Bob Koehler]

In article <5ae4986d-0da2-4457-b02d-057beff36d2b at googlegroups.com>, GerMarsh <marsh.family at tirhir.com> writes:
> I know that there have been a few discussions about enhancing/replacing DCL, but I wonder if someone will fix the old integer overflow which has been there since the year dot...
> 
> $ int=%x7fffffff
> $ sho sym int
>   INT = 2147483647   Hex = 7FFFFFFF  Octal = 17777777777
> $ int=int+1
> $ sho sym int
>   INT = -2147483648   Hex = 80000000  Octal = 20000000000
> $


   I don't see any intger overflow, I see perfectly reasonable
   behaviour for a 32 bit integer.

   Other size integers would break so much code.  I'd rather see
   DCL replaced than broken.