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11 years ago

ulong data type behaves as uint using emulator

Hi, I have a problem with arithmetics using ulong values. E.g. I try to do something like this (it's an OpenCL code): ulong A = 0; A = A - 1; And I thought I should get 0xffffffffff...
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11 years ago

I'm using Windows7 and I'm printing them using 

printf("A: %lx", A);

both in kernel and on host.

Edit: Thanks for pointing out the printf function - I should use %llx instead of %lx (although getting an aoc warning).​ Everything works as it should be.