Re: [Gnuplot-bugs] 2 bugs (more detailed description of problem)

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Thursday 03 May 2007 13:32, Hans-Bernhard Br=F6ker wrote:
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> > I bet you are using a platform independent library for the manipulation=
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> > of floats ...
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> Based on what clue?
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> > (where does the non gnuplot-style error message "integer overflow;=20
> > change to floating point"
> > come from, why does the error message differ from platform to platform?=
).
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> Because we're *not* using any such library.  If we did, the message=20
> would be the same, and the behaviour would be platform-independent.

The error message comes from scanner.c line 285, and it means exactly
what it says.  Different platforms (or different compiler options) may
yield different integer sizes.  Obviously a 16-bit integer will overflow
long before a 64-bit integer.

I can't seem to read the original reports via SourceForge, due to=20
"500 - Internal Server Error" from the SourceForge server.  Are you=20
getting this error message as a result of interactive mouse zooming?


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Ethan A Merritt