Boo

Scientific notation with negatives.

Details

  • Type: Bug Bug
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Major Major
  • Resolution: Won't Fix
  • Affects Version/s: 0.5.6
  • Fix Version/s: 0.6
  • Component/s: Compiler
  • Labels:
    None
  • Number of attachments :
    0

Description

>>> 10e3
10000
>>> 10e-3
ERROR: Error reading from 'input7': 'Value was either too large or too small for an Int64.'.
>>> 10 * -(10 * 10 * 10)
-10000
>>>

Activity

Ascending order - Click to sort in descending order
Hide
Permalink
Doug H added a comment -

10.0e-3 == 0.01
not -10000

It has to be a double or float, and boo only recognizes a number as a double or float if there is a decimal point.
Which points out another bug. 10f should be recognized as a float but is not. I'll make a separate jira issue for that.

Show
Doug H added a comment - 10.0e-3 == 0.01 not -10000 It has to be a double or float, and boo only recognizes a number as a double or float if there is a decimal point. Which points out another bug. 10f should be recognized as a float but is not. I'll make a separate jira issue for that.
Hide
Permalink
Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment -

use the f suffix to indicate a float number.

>>> 30e-2f

Show
Rodrigo B. de Oliveira added a comment - use the f suffix to indicate a float number. >>> 30e-2f

People

  • Assignee:
    Unassigned
    Reporter:
    Arron Washington
Vote (0)
Watch (0)

Dates

  • Created:
    Updated:
    Resolved: