Re: [bug-gawk] Occasional overflow with gmp

[arnold]

Please report this to the GMP bug list.  It's not anything I can fix.

Thanks,

Arnold

James Milne <address@hidden> wrote:

> `awk -V`
>
> > GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR 4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2)
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>
> Problem seems to be an occasional overflow with gmp.
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> This works as expected:
>
> > echo '' | awk -M '{print 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 *
> 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ^ 20000000000000000000}'
>
> > +inf
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> This crashes:
>
> > echo '' | awk -M '{print 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 *
> 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ^ 2000000000000000000}'
>
> > gmp: overflow in mpz type
> > breaking.awk: line 3: 197234 Done                    echo ''
> >     197235 Aborted                 (core dumped) | awk -M '{print
> 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 *
> 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ^ 2000000000000000000}'
>
>
> Should be noted the crash is a slightly smaller number than the larger.
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>