* Jonathan Wakely: > Why do you expect a different result for these? > > A small = 1 << 40; > B big = 1 << 40; > > In both cases the expression is 1 << 40, the type of A or B is irrelevant. Some languages define integer literals in such a way that they have types which do not exist at run time and evaluate constant expressions with infinite precision. Thanks, Florian
