negitve points in the forum.

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    • You just didn't ask the right person.

      According to the powers that be: this is an issue with the forum software itself. Unfixable.


      Now one of our regular posters seems to have figured out part of the puzzle. He ought to apply for a job with the Wolf Labs/Burning board software company.


      LawrenceCZL wrote:

      It is negative because a programmer used a signed integer instead of an unsigned integer for points. With an unsigned integer for points you can't have a negative integer. With a signed integer if the left most bit of the integer becomes a 1, then it becomes a negative integer. To fix it, they would just need to change the integer type to an unsigned integer.
      "Basic signed integer type. Capable of containing at least the [−32,767, +32,767] range;[3][4] thus, it is at least 16 bits in size." So usually, one wouldn't expect to get negative points till your total points went over 32,767.


      Some of that goes over my head a bit. 8|
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