Q58680: C and QC Now Allow Large Unsigned Long Constants in Decimal

Article: Q58680
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | S_QUICKC | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 19-APR-1990

In versions of Microsoft C earlier than 6.00, and QuickC Versions
earlier than 2.50, unsigned long constants greater than MAX_LONG (the
largest signed long) had to be initialized with octal or hexadecimal
values.

Microsoft C Version 6.00 and QuickC Version 2.50 allow unsigned long
variables larger than MAX_LONG to be initialized using decimal
constants. This is an ANSI-mandated change.

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