Re: [bug-gawk] Is -M enabled by default?

[arnold]

Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Arbitrary-Precision-Integers.html
>
> It sounds like gawk does not enable arbitrary-precision integer
> arithmetic by default. But the following example shows the opposite.
>
> awk -e 'BEGIN{ x = 1; for(i=1;i<1000;++i) { x = x * 2; print x} }'
>
> Do I misunderstand the manual? When does awk use int32, int64 or
> int128 for an integer?
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Peng

Please see the other answers. Gawk doesn't use integers; either
double precision floating point (default) or MPFR (-M).

Thanks,

Arnold