Re: Big numbers

PD>> the authors really want the number to remain as an integer. My SM>They don't care. They want to get sane result or meaningful message. Most SM>people couldn't care less what's internal representation is, once it SM>works. Presently, it doesn't - that's the problem. I suspect that those scripters who are programmers (and are the type of people who might store a set of binary flags in an integer and do bitwise operations on them) do care, and the others would not be too bothered by a 'number too big' error message. Maybe I am biased because *I* would like an int to remain an int :-) Cheers -- Phil Driscoll Dial Solutions +44 (0)113 294 5112 http://www.dialsolutions.com http://www.dtonline.org