else if (! CGEN_BOOL_ATTR (attrs, CGEN_IFLD_SIGNED))
{
unsigned long maxval = mask;
-
- if ((unsigned long) value > maxval)
+ unsigned long val = (unsigned long) value;
+
+ /* For hosts with a word size > 32 check to see if value has been sign
+ extended beyond 32 bits. If so then ignore these higher sign bits
+ as the user is attempting to store a 32-bit signed value into an
+ unsigned 32-bit field which is allowed. */
+ if (sizeof (unsigned long) > 4 && ((value >> 32) == -1))
+ val &= 0xFFFFFFFF;
+
+ if (val > maxval)
{
/* xgettext:c-format */
sprintf (errbuf,
- _("operand out of range (%lu not between 0 and %lu)"),
- value, maxval);
+ _("operand out of range (0x%lx not between 0 and 0x%lx)"),
+ val, maxval);
return errbuf;
}
}