1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/taipan.c b/taipan.c
index d1cb8ed..d7aa888 100644
--- a/taipan.c
+++ b/taipan.c
@@ -616,10 +616,19 @@ void cprintfancy_big(bignump b) {
 
 	big_copy(tmp, b);
 
+	/* This is gross, but it saves 13 bytes here, plus another
+		14 because we can remove big_negate from bigfloat.s. */
+#if BIGNUM == BIGFLOAT
+	if(tmp[0] & 0x80) {
+		cputc('-');
+		tmp[0] ^= 0x80;
+	}
+#else
 	if(big_cmp(tmp, big0) < 0) {
 		cputc('-');
 		big_negate(tmp);
 	}
+#endif
 
 	if(big_cmp(tmp, big1T) >= 0) {
 		// inverse "1 Trillion+!":