Re: [Gm2] logitech lib problems

[Gaius Mulley]

John B Wallace Jr <address@hidden> writes:

> I encountered two problems with the logitech libraries:
> 
> 1. The logitech libraries are installed but not compiled (no object files).
> 
> 2. The WriteLongInt procedure in the LongIO module seems to have a problem
>    with MIN(LONGINT). The code below demonstrates the problem:
> 
> MODULE LogitechLong;
> 
> (***************************************************************************************)
> (*        NOTE: THIS IS TEST CODE AND MAY BE INCORRECT             *)
> (***************************************************************************************)
> 
> FROM InOut IMPORT WriteLn;
> 
> FROM LongIO IMPORT WriteLongInt;
> 
> VAR
>   i,j : LONGINT;
> 
> BEGIN
>   i := MAX(LONGINT);
>   WriteLongInt(i,0);
>   WriteLn;
>   j := MIN(LONGINT);
>   WriteLongInt(j,0);
>   WriteLn;
>   j := MIN(LONGINT) + 1;
>   WriteLongInt(j,0);
>   WriteLn
> END LogitechLong.
> 
> I get this output on my system:
> 
> 9223372036854775807
> -922337203685477580-8
> -9223372036854775807
> 
> My system is SUSE Linux 9.3 (64 bit edition) on an AMD Athlon 64 and the gm2 
> version is dated 01 September 2005.
> 

Hi John,

thanks again for the bug report - keep them coming in as I can place
them into the regression test suite which ultimately gives better
confidence for gm2,

regards,
Gaius