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Subject: Re: How to put 200 into an integer sub-type of 16 bits (code
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Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> I am afraid that the OP's question does not make any sense.
 > It looks like a C-ism...

I suspect such deep confusion is independent of programming
language. Look at the latest posting from the OP. He doesn't
seem to understand why he's getting an exception when trying
to assign 200 to a variable declared as -128 .. 127. At that
point, what can you do except throw up your hands?