On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 03:22:11PM -0500, Phil Techau wrote:
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> Gentlemen,
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> I needed signed integer support for a proprietary protocol, so I've
> added it with the attached mods: this time as a "cvs diff". I guess at
> some point I'd like to get the capability to put my own mods in the cvs
> respository.
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> For now when using hex notation, you have to sign extend the value
> you're looking for if you look for negative values in a signed field.
> As an example, if you have an FT_INT8 field, you can search for a value
> of -128, but searching for 0x80 won't work ( 0xFFFFFF80 will, at least
> on a 32 bit int machine). This could be somewhat exasperating for an
> end user, so I'll probably work on cleaning that up some later.
Thanks. I'll merge this into my current work on the proto_tree changes.
--gilbert
