QB664PE v3.10.0 is now live for X-Mas!!

[mdijkens]

It's implicit sign extension. If the highest bit in the hex variable is set, one should always EXPLICITLY tell the datatype by using type suffixes. The following works...

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CONST const_blue = &HFF0000FF&&

PRINT const_blue, HEX$(const_blue)

and this too...

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CONST const_blue = &HFF0000FF~&

PRINT const_blue, HEX$(const_blue)

by the way, 32-bit colors should be unsigned values anyways, it's explicitly mentiond in the wiki in several places regarding image/color usage. Wish people would just once look there befor complaining, its rather sucking to maintain the wiki and knowing nobody use it when needed.

You might be totally right, but it breaks 10 years of QB64 code that always accepted

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Const BLUE = &hFF0000FF