Karim Belabas on Wed, 06 Apr 2016 17:46:54 +0200


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Re: Fix itos() for LONG_MIN 

* Jeroen Demeyer [2016-04-06 16:38]:
> The PARI function itos() gives an error for LONG_MIN.

This is intentional: the output x of itos(gx) must allow -x. (Otherwise
lots of libpari functions break unpredictably on input stoi(LONG_MIN).)
Hence the choice to forbid this possible value in itos.

I will document the current behaviour.

Cheers,

    K.B.
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