Re: Can GNU-Prolog handle big integer?

[Daniel Diaz]

Hello,

You are right, GNU Prolog uses bounded integers, whose bounds depend on 
the architecture (32/64 bits). You can know these limits with (e.g. on a 
64 bits machine):

| ?- current_prolog_flag(min_integer,X).

X = -1152921504606846976

yes
| ?- current_prolog_flag(max_integer,X).

X = 1152921504606846975

yes

A workaround to store bigger integers is to spit them into 2 parts and 
for instance use a Prolog structure to record them.

Daniel


Le 12/06/2014 21:20, Shuai Wang a écrit :
> Hello gnu-prolog users,
>
> I am new to prolog and I just have a quick question..
>
> So basically on my 32bit x64 Linux, It seems that in GNU-Prolog, 
> integer has only 28bits, so code like below can't be compiled by gplc.
>
>     X is 0xdeadbeef.
>
> After a quick search, I still don't know how to use GNU-Prolog to 
> handle big integer...
>
> I might be able split a 32bit integer like 0xdeadbeef into two 16bit 
> integers 0xdead and 0xbeef and concat when necessary, but is there any 
> more convenient way to do this?
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Shuai


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