Re: At the edge of LNUM patch

[Asko Kauppi <askok@...>]

Ariel Manzur kirjoitti 25.3.2008 kello 22:06:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:55 AM,  <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
> [...]
> > Before 2008, I used to have LNUM patch always return FP
> > results to an integer, if possible. This, however, slowed
> > down _all_ FP operations slightly, and was never feeling
> > 'right'. The current way does feel right for me, and I bet
>
> Is it possible to disable conversion from integers to FP too? (maybe
> with a compile time option).

You mean to give an overflow error, or a round trip to negative  
integers?

No.

LNUM patch works on numbers, and bit patterns are another arena.

-asko