Bug printing -2147483648 (smallest Glulx number)

Authoring Inform 7
1

Section 15.2 of Inform manual states that the smallest number represented in Glulx is -2147483648, yet the following code prints gibberish.

Test is a room.

When play begins:
	let n be -2147483648;
	say "n=[n].";

Output:

n=-(.

So I assume there is a bug in the printing of the number routine, or else a bug storing the smallest number available? Anyhow, I’ll file a bug report.

Matt

2

I’m getting the proper response when I run your code on the Mac IDE. Maybe it’s a bug in the interpreter?

3

It would be an interpreter bug, yes.

I’m traveling and can’t look at this until next week. But if people could check glulxe, git, and lectrote, that would be helpful.

4

It works for me in the Windows IDE.

5

I’m using the Git interpretter, so sounds like this might be the culprit.