add number literal type

it gets implicitly casted to whatever is needed.

closes #24

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/std/std.zig b/std/std.zig
index ebb6e9e2b5..08036d73ee 100644
--- a/std/std.zig
+++ b/std/std.zig
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@ fn syscall3(number: isize, arg1: isize, arg2: isize, arg3: isize) -> isize {
 
 // TODO error handling
 // TODO handle buffering and flushing
-// TODO non-i32 integer literals so we can remove the casts
 // TODO constants for SYS_write and stdout_fileno
 pub fn print_str(str : string) -> isize {
-    let SYS_write = 1;
-    let stdout_fileno = 1;
-    return syscall3(SYS_write as isize, stdout_fileno as isize, str.ptr as isize, str.len as isize);
+    let SYS_write : isize = 1;
+    let stdout_fileno : isize = 1;
+    return syscall3(SYS_write, stdout_fileno, str.ptr as isize, str.len as isize);
 }