RE: gawk printf format problem with negative numbers

[Shaffer, Kenneth]

> The crux of the problem is the compare "if (tmpval < INTMAX_MIN)"... it
> thinks -1234 is less than the maximum negative number and so goes to
> "out_of_range" which then formats it as a float.
...
> > echo |gawk '{n = -1234; printf("0x%x\n",n+0)}'
> 0x-1234

Yes, the #define was broke, however, on another note, if I specify a format of 'x', it should try to print as hex and not revert to float if it exceeds the min or max, IMHO.  Better to print the min or max in hex.

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