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write/read:Int

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
backend

Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by reproducing both Lua examples, then locate the read:Int and write:Int entry points and trace how signed values are handled for different bit widths. Done means the intended signed-value behavior is consistent for the demonstrated widths.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

Unless using 32 as the total bits, the number is treated as unsigned.

write:Int(-4, 32)
print(read:Int(-4, 32))

-4

write:Int(-4, 8)
print(read:Int(-4, 8))

252

Dominant language
Lua
Stars
4
Forks
1
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