Re: Can arithmetic evaluation trap more than just division by zero?

[Greg Wooledge]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 02:21:05PM +0200, Roman Rakus wrote:
> >>$((2 ** 63 / -1))

> I can reproduce it in 4.1.2(1)-release and 4.0.23(1)-release on x86_64 
> GNU/Linux. I didn't try on bash 3.2.

cyclops:~$ uname -a; echo $BASH_VERSION
OpenBSD cyclops.wooledge.org 4.6 GENERIC.MP#81 amd64
4.0.24(1)-release
cyclops:~$ echo $((2 ** 63 / -1))
Connection to cyclops closed.
griffon:~$ 

An amd64-specific bug, then?  (The Linux box I tested on earlier is i386,
and the HP-UX box is PA-RISC 2.0.)