[Gretl-devel] Re: numerical overflow problem? (with $huge and int())

Am 01.12.2022 um 19:25 schrieb Marcin Błażejowski: > On 1.12.2022 17:51, Sven Schreiber wrote: >> >> ? eval int($huge) >> -2.1474836e+009 > > Hmm, > > if ($huge==1e+100) I would't say it is an issue, since it's far beyond > 32 bits integer. > I know this example was a bit ridiculous, but AFAIK nowhere in our documentation does it say what the usable range of (pseudo-) integers in gretl is. All I'm saying is that we need a sentence like "don't use this function outside the range -2147483648 to 2147483647". And is that even correct? Or are we implying an even smaller range?