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From: bartonr@psu-cs.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: -32768
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Date: 13 May 89 05:47:21 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Portland State University; Portland OR
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  Here is a summary of the results of WriteInt(-32768, 12):

 Compiler                         Version        Output

TDI Modula-2/Amiga                 3.01           8000H -4294934528
TDI Modula-2/ST                    2.30a
M2S M2Sprint Amiga                 1.00a           8000      -32768
ETH Modula-2 For Encore Multimax   2.00
Logitech Modula2/86                2.02            8000      -32768
Logitech Modula2/86                3.03            8000      -32768
M2Amiga                            3.2         FFFF8000      -32768
Oregon Software Xenix/386                      FFFF8000      -32768
Oregon Software Sun-3                          FFFF8000      -32768
Sun Modula-2                       2.1         FFFF8000      -32768

  The TDI ST compiler wouldn't accept the assignment int := -32768, giving
"this type is not expected".  The person with the ETH compiler got a run-time
range error.  He also mentioned that on his system MinInt was defined as
080000000H rather than 08000H, so I can't figure that one out.  The M2Amiga,
Oregon Software, and Sun compilers apparently use 32-bit INTEGER and CARDINAL.
I wonder how they handle WriteInt(-2147483648, 12) ?  Thanks to everyone
who responded.