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<span class="sw">As pointed out in the bug report, it's not a bug. As
listed in the documentation over here:
https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/current/ref/refsu4.html<br>
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"Every integer smaller than the ”native” size is promoted to a signed version of the
”native” size. Integers equal to the ”native” size keep their signedness."<br>
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<div>Apologies
for not abiding by RTFM - it's hard to find all the little notes
sometimes. Still, this is useful to know when it comes to future
optimization work.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Gareth</div></span></HTML>