On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 08:21:20 -0400 Todd Miller wrote:

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The following patch is required for Cygwin:

Index: Src/_chararraymodule.c

Todd> I'll apply this.

Applied.

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,---- | ***************************************************************** | Failure in example: | array([1, 8, 100, 100], type=Int8) * array([1, 8, 100, -100], type=Int8) | from line #1671 of numtest | Expected: | Warning: Encountered overflow(s) in multiply | array([ 1, 64, 127, -128], type=Int8) | Got: array([ 1, 64, 127, -128], type=Int8) | ***************************************************************** `----

Todd> This overflow exception issue came up earlier this year with Todd> IRIX. My guess is that the function int_overflow_error() in Todd> codegenerator.py is not working correctly. The suggested Todd> temporary patch at the time was:

[patch against codegenerator.py]

Todd> If you try it out and it solves the problem for Cygwin, we Todd> should probably change it universally.

No, it doesn't solve the problem. I hope to find some time later this week to look at it.

Greetings, Jochen