Negative bignum expressions

Geoff Berry geoffb@bops.com
Thu Sep 20 16:25:00 GMT 2001


I'm seeing some inconsistent behavior in the way gas handles bignums.

On x86, the following code is accepted:
 .quad 9187201950435737472
while the following is rejected (Error: bignum invalid; zero assumed)
 .quad -9187201950435737472

What gives?

-- 
Geoff Berry



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