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Re: pretty_print bug

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com> Jun 26, 2004
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Brian Broker wrote:
> 
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#0000FF">include </font><font color="#330033">misc.e</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#0000FF">constant</font>
> <font color="#330033">n =
> {536870912,4294934783,3735928559,2164260736,1073741824,1073741823}</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> <font color="#FF00FF">printf</font><font color="#330033">(1,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"{%x,%x,%x,%x,%x,%x}\n"</font><font color="#330033">,n)</font>
> <font color="#330033">pretty_print(1, n, </font><font
> color="#993333">{</font><font color="#330033">0,2,1,78,</font><font
> color="#00A033">"%x"</font><font color="#993333">} </font><font
> color="#330033">)</font>
> <font color="#330033"></font>
> 
> Output:
> {20000000,FFFF80FF,DEADBEEF,80FFFF80,40000000,3FFFFFFF}
> {20000000,4294934783,3735928559,2164260736,1073741824,3FFFFFFF}

pretty_print() uses integer() (31-bit numbers) to determine if 
something is an integer, whereas printf() tries to handle 32-bit
values as well. Quirky, inconsistent, but I don't plan to change it.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com