#1281: Multiplication of ~32 bit integers giving incorrect results ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: zgavin@… | Owner: lsansonetti@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: Component: MacRuby | Keywords: ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Multiplication of two integers around 32 bits in length can lead to what appears to be a buffer overflow and incorrect results: For example: {{{ irb(main):001:0> ((2**32)-(2**29))*(2**32) => -2305843009213693952 irb(main):002:0> (2**32)*(2**32) => 0 irb(main):003:0> (2**32)*(2**32+2**31) => 27670116110564327424 }}} Both of these are -- Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/1281> MacRuby <http://macruby.org/>