Why does the smallest int, −2147483648, have type ‘long’? [duplicate]

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In C, -2147483648 is not an integer constant. 2147483648 is an integer constant, and - is just a unary operator applied to it, yielding a constant expression. The value of 2147483648 does not fit in an int (it’s one too large, 2147483647 is typically the largest integer) and thus the integer constant has type long, which causes the problem you observe. If you want to mention the lower limit for an int, either use the macro INT_MIN from <limits.h> (the portable approach) or carefully avoid mentioning 2147483648:

printf("PRINTF(d) \t: %d\n", -1 - 2147483647);

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