Formula nodes and hex values: strange behavior?

Hi all,
I am having problems using hex values in a formula node. It appears that the hex values are converted to decimal and then assigned to the variable. For example, if I initialize an int8 in a formula node to 0xFE (should be -2), I get 127 (the highest positive value an int8 can have). In order to get -2, I must initialize the variable to -0x02. However, if I initialize the variable to -2 decimal and view it in a indicator in hex, it displays the correct 0xFE. Is this typical behaviour? I didn't think negative hex values were used and I can't find it documented anywhere. Here is a VI that shows the "problem".
Thanks!
Attachments:
Formula Node Example.vi ‏7 KB
Formula Node Example.png ‏31 KB

Hi brett,
int8 test = 0xFE
You defined a variable to be of type I8, but then you want to assign a value out of range of that datatype. LabVIEW will coerce the value to fit the datatype resulting in 0x7F stored in test.
int16 test2 = test
Now you copy the value stored in test over to test2. Why do you even expect a value of 0xFE here? In the line before you stored 0x7F in test, so test2 will also have the value 0x7F!
int8 test3 = -0x02
This was explained before…
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