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Negative bignum expressions
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- Subject: Negative bignum expressions
- From: Geoff Berry <geoffb at bops dot com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:25:58 -0400
I'm seeing some inconsistent behavior in the way gas handles bignums.
On x86, the following code is accepted:
.quad 9187201950435737472
while the following is rejected (Error: bignum invalid; zero assumed)
.quad -9187201950435737472
What gives?
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Geoff Berry