long long is 8 bytes, but I get integer overflow?

Question

Suppose

  long long b = 5*1024*1024*1024; // 5 gigs, small enough for 64 bits
  printf (\"%lu\\n\",sizeof(long long)); // prints 8 (bytes) = 64 bits
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Answer 1

Because the numbers on the right hand side are of type int, not long long, so int arithmetic is performed in the expression, leading to an overflow.

If you add LL to one of them, it'll promote them all.