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Re: printf bug



On Apr 12,  1:40am, Yuya Amemiya wrote:
}
} I think printf built-in command has a bug.
} 
} % printf "%u\n" 0xffffffffffffffff
} zsh: number truncated after 15 digits: ffffffffffffffff
} 1152921504606846975

Zsh doesn't have an internal string-to-unsigned operation, so unsigned
is limited to the range of positive signed.

You'll note that you also can't declare zsh integer-typed variables to
be unsigned.



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