On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 09:20 -0800, Geoffrey Broadwell wrote: > How is casting and coersion handled with expressions involving mixed low > and high level types? > > For example, what is the output of this? > > my Int $ten = 10; > my int4 $a = 0; > my int4 $b; > > $b = ($a + 2.4 * $ten) / 4; > say $b; > > The answers to the above questions may alter my view on the proper > handling of overflow during casting/coersion.
And for those who think the above code is too easy -- and I can see at least 1, 2, 5, and 6 as defensible answers -- try 2.8 instead of 2.4. -'f
