Landing: 2b6d3cd7aee5

Project / Subsystem

gcc / algol68

Date

2026-09-20

Author

Jose E. Marchesi

Commit

2b6d3cd7aee5cabacc35962e48ed4d96c6cb48d4

Source

github

Perf win

No

Breaking

No

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gcc
subsystem
algol68
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2b6d3cd7aee5cabacc35962e48ed4d96c6cb48d4
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github
headline
algol68: Fix overflow detection in long bits denotations
tldr
Corrects overflow detection for bits and long bits denotations in the algol68 front-end.
author
Jose E. Marchesi
outcome
committed
performance_win
false
breaking_change
false
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tags
  • • algol68
  • • overflow
  • • compiler
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date
2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

This commit addresses an issue in the algol68 front-end where strtoul could incorrectly report an overflow. It refines the overflow detection for bits and long bits denotations and adds a test case to verify the fix.