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Warning about using integer literals in division.
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@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ Operators:
* Bit operators: `&`, `|`, `^` (bitwise exclusive or), `~` (bitwise negation)
* Arithmetic operators: `+`, `-`, unary `-`, unary `+`, `*`, `/`, `%` (remainder), `**` (exponentiation)
Division always truncates (it just maps to the DIV opcode of the EVM), but it does not truncate if both
operators are :ref:`literals<integer_literals>` (or literal expressions).
.. index:: address, balance, send, call, callcode
Address
@ -132,6 +135,8 @@ number of bytes, always use one of `bytes1` to `bytes32` because they are much c
.. index:: literal, literal;integer
.. _integer_literals:
Integer Literals
-----------------
@ -139,6 +144,10 @@ Integer Literals are arbitrary precision integers until they are used together w
It is even possible to temporarily exceed the maximum of 256 bits as long as only integer literals are used for the computation: `var x = (0xffffffffffffffffffff * 0xffffffffffffffffffff) * 0;` Here, `x` will have the value `0` and thus the type `uint8`.
.. warning::
Divison on integer literals used to truncate in earlier versions, but it will actually convert into a rational number in the future, i.e. `1/2` is not equal to `0`, but to `0.5`.
.. index:: literal, literal;string, string
String Literals