[Gambas-user] unsigned int datatype for external function

[T Lee Davidson]

On 06/10/2018 01:42 PM, Jussi Lahtinen wrote:
>     An integer type is obviously not wide enough.
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> It is. You need 32 bits and Gambas integer is 32 bits. Gambas just interprets/displays the most significant bit as sign bit.
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That means that the Gambas integer type is only 31 (+ 1) bits wide. Not wide enough to hold a 32-bit unsigned integer if the
highest bit is reserved for the sign bit.

So then, if it is wide enough as you say, how would one manage a 32-bit unsigned integer in a 32-bit signed datatype?


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Lee