[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1469: Invalid integer parameters cause a confusing error message

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#1469: Invalid integer parameters cause a confusing error message
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 Reporter:  hinder  |       Owner:                     
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  major   |   Milestone:                     
Component:  Cactus  |     Version:  development version
 Keywords:          |  
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 If an integer-valued parameter is assigned a value such as
 100000000000000000000000 which is too large to fit into an integer, the
 Piraha parameter parser interprets it as a real and complains

 {{{
   (line 15 of sim.par):
 -> Parameter type mismatch INT != REAL
 }}}

 This message is not very helpful.  A better error message might be:

 {{{
   (line 15 of sim.par):
 -> Parameter MyThorn::mypar cannot be set to the value
 10000000000000000000 as this is not a valid INT value
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.einsteintoolkit.org/ticket/1469>
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