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Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) wrote:
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Is it just me, or is this behaviour
surprising?</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">4> <<255>>.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><<"ÿ">></font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">5> <<256>>.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><<0>></font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">6> <<257>>.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><<1>></font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">7> <<257:8>>.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><<1>></font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">8> <<I:8/integer>> =
<<999>>. </font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2"><<"ç">></font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">9> I.</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">231</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">I scanned the reference manual to find
a note stating that this </font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">is exactly what one should expect, but I
couldn't find it.</font>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2">Personally, I would have expected
something along the lines</font>
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<font face="Arial" size="2">of badarg, which is what
list_to_binary([999]) gives.</font></p>
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My results are consistent with yours:<br>
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1> <<255>>.<br>
<<"\377">><br>
2> <<256>>.<br>
<<0>><br>
3> <<257>>.<br>
<<1>><br>
4> <<257:8>>.<br>
<<1>><br>
5> <<I:8/integer>> = <<999>>.<br>
<<"\347">><br>
6> I.<br>
231<br>
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