Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int'

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int'
Date	2026-05-14 10:22 +0000
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In article <10u3a6a$34b89$3@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 2026-05-14 03:39, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <10u36pv$1l93k$18@dont-email.me>,
>> Janis Papanagnou  <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Now back to your statement. The point is that precedence rules
>>> vary between programming languages. Folks can usually rely on
>>> the precedence of * and / compared to + and - .
>> 
>> I can think of at least two languages where you could not, but
>> yeah, that is usually true.
>
>Are you thinking about languages like Algol 68 where you
>can explicitly define and re-define operator precedence,
>or do you mean languages where they made just bad design
>decisions?

No.  troff and the 7th Edition Unix assembler (the latter has
infix expression syntax for the calculation of immediate values
and so on, but that is parsed left to right, and does not follow
the usual rules of arithmetic).

	- Dan C.

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Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-07 12:48 +0100
  Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 06:00 -0700
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-07 15:54 +0200
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-07 15:02 +0100
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 16:48 -0700
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-05-07 20:30 -0400
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-07 19:17 +0200
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-07 20:56 +0000
  Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-07 15:48 +0200
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-07 15:17 +0100
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-07 17:04 +0200
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-07 17:07 +0100
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-07 19:30 +0200
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-08 09:22 +0200
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-08 18:24 +0200
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-08 17:08 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 10:25 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-08 17:49 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 11:51 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-08 21:31 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-08 20:02 +0200
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-07 08:41 -0700
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-07 20:39 +0100
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-07 13:14 -0700
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-07 16:11 -0700
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-05-08 08:18 +0100
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-08 11:33 +0100
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-08 12:48 +0100
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 09:58 -0700
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-08 21:04 +0100
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 13:15 -0700
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-09 03:02 +0200
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-09 12:54 +0200
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-08 15:51 -0700
    Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-07 19:02 +0200
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-07 20:56 +0200
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-07 22:08 +0000
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-08 09:54 +0200
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 02:07 -0700
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-08 12:43 +0200
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-05-10 20:31 -0400
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-11 08:55 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-11 17:07 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 11:32 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-11 18:56 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-11 22:37 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-11 14:30 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-12 08:35 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 00:38 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 14:05 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-12 16:32 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 17:27 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-12 15:33 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-12 16:00 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 23:14 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-12 19:48 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-13 12:48 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-13 05:26 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 15:07 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 12:16 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-13 13:20 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 14:31 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-13 17:16 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 15:52 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-14 11:43 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-14 02:59 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-14 01:39 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-14 03:57 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-14 11:49 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-14 10:57 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-14 10:22 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-14 12:32 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 16:11 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 01:12 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-15 02:30 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-15 02:38 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-14 08:37 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-14 17:00 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-14 09:44 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-14 18:57 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-14 18:51 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-14 19:19 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-14 20:50 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-15 02:52 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 02:07 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-15 03:39 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 19:04 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-15 10:27 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' tTh <tth@none.invalid> - 2026-05-15 12:25 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 16:40 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 01:31 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-14 17:52 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-15 10:32 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 02:35 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 11:38 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-15 11:35 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 13:05 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-15 13:58 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 14:54 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 15:00 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-15 16:01 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 12:23 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 12:54 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-15 21:39 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-15 14:14 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-16 00:44 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2026-05-16 00:36 +0100
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-15 02:46 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 12:34 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 13:36 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 13:10 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-12 16:46 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 15:19 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-12 19:02 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 14:33 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 11:44 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 21:22 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 15:57 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-12 19:07 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 18:09 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-05-12 18:45 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-12 21:24 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 13:14 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 13:12 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 14:40 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-14 08:13 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-13 12:41 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-12 18:36 -0700
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-13 14:47 +0000
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-08 18:54 +0200
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-08 22:43 +0000
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-05-08 16:15 -0700
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-09 02:32 +0200
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-09 01:36 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-10 07:23 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-10 12:37 +0000
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-11 08:06 +0200
                Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-11 10:56 +0000
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-13 11:32 -0700
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-08 20:04 -0700
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-09 20:14 +0000
            Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-05-09 15:19 +0200
              Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-05-10 16:20 +0000
      Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-08 09:23 -0700
        Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-05-08 19:58 +0200
          Re: Safety of casting from 'long' to 'int' Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-05-13 10:38 -0700

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