BigInteger compile fails

Sat Apr 1 00:00:00 GMT 2000

On 2000年2月14日, Matt Welsh wrote:
> > Either the latest egcs, or 2.95.2 with Bryce's compatibility patch.
>> I was using Bryce's patch. There must be something else wrong with 2.95.2
> then?

There's an easy workaround in the BigInteger source code. If you can't find 
the right compiler fix, go ahead and apply this in the meantime.
--warrenl

--- BigInteger.java	Mon Feb 14 02:01:31 2000
+++ BigInteger.java.workaround	Tue Feb 15 15:29:14 2000
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ public class BigInteger extends Number i
 
 private final boolean isNegative()
 {
- return (words == null ? ival : words[ival - 1]) < 0;
+ // FIXME: compiler error in egcs-19991214 when compiling to bytecode (only).
+ // return (words == null ? ival : words[ival - 1]) < 0;
+ int tmp = (words == null ? ival : words[ival - 1]);
+ return tmp < 0;
 }
 
 public int signum()
