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| -rw-r--r-- | crates/typst-library/src/foundations/int.rs | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/crates/typst-library/src/foundations/int.rs b/crates/typst-library/src/foundations/int.rs index e936353c..bddffada 100644 --- a/crates/typst-library/src/foundations/int.rs +++ b/crates/typst-library/src/foundations/int.rs @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ use crate::foundations::{ /// /// The number can be negative, zero, or positive. As Typst uses 64 bits to /// store integers, integers cannot be smaller than `{-9223372036854775808}` or -/// larger than `{9223372036854775807}`. +/// larger than `{9223372036854775807}`. Integer literals are always positive, +/// so a negative integer such as `{-1}` is semantically the negation `-` of the +/// positive literal `1`. A positive integer greater than the maximum value and +/// a negative integer less than or equal to the minimum value cannot be +/// represented as an integer literal, and are instead parsed as a `{float}`. +/// The minimum integer value can still be obtained through integer arithmetic. /// /// The number can also be specified as hexadecimal, octal, or binary by /// starting it with a zero followed by either `x`, `o`, or `b`. |