word to int64 bug (delphi6)

[nmm]

Hi,

if you assign "-" of a word-Variable to an int64 one, you get unexpectet results:

var aWord:word;
ainteger:integer;
AInt64:int64;
begin
aWord:=2;
aInteger:=2;
AInt64:=-aWord;
writeln(inttostr(AInt64)); //you get 4294967294 instead of -2

AInt64:=0-aWord;
writeln(inttostr(AInt64)); //-2

AInt64:=-int64(aWord);
writeln(inttostr(AInt64)); //-2

AInt64:=-aInteger;
writeln(inttostr(AInt64)); //-2
end.

I suppose this to be a bug in Delphi 6.

Is this still there in Delphi 2007,2008,...?

Regards
M.Malarski

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