Re: GNU troff converted to checked integer arithmetic

2024-07-19 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] At 2024-07-19T14:47:01-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > (I wanted to cite a classic CS paper here about integer arithmetic > setting forth the alternatives of trapping, wrapping, and saturating, > but while I've read it, I can't find it now. :-/ ) Saying this and sending the m

GNU troff converted to checked integer arithmetic

2024-07-19 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi folks, I've made my "deepest" change yet to the formatter, altering code that hasn't changed since James Clark wrote it circa 1989. However, I think it unlikely that any user will notice any difference. Traditionally, *roff arithmetic is a thin wrapper around C arithmetic, using signed integ