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To: s.yeates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Population counter overflow (PR#954)
From: Raimar Falke <hawk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:19:42 +0200
Reply-to: rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:48:17PM -0700, s.yeates@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Full_Name: stuart yeates
> Version: 1.11.4
> Distribution: Built from source
> Client: Gtk+
> OS: Linux
> Submission from: (NULL) (130.217.76.32)
> 
> 
> The population counter overflows for very large populations

If I assume that sizeof(int)==4 on your system you need a population
over 2,000,000,000 to wrap the counter around. A city of size 30 has
4650,000 citizen. You would need about 430 cities for this. Do you
really has such a huge empire?

        Raimar

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