GCC13, c++, cygwin 64: auto x = 9223372036854775808L
gives the warning: "integer constant is so large that it is unsigned" But actually the type is signed __int128: std::cout << x; gives the error: "ambiguous overload for ‘operator<<’ (operand types are ‘std::ostream’ {aka ‘std::basic_ostream<char>’} and ‘__int128’" and std::cout << (x-x-1<0) << std::endl; prints 1. So what is the correct type of 9223372036854775808L ? unsigned long, as the warning says, or signed __int128? Helmut