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Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types)

From Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types)
Date 2023-08-12 11:53 -0700
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arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> writes:

[should types like intleastN_t have rules about their conversion
 ranks?]

> Agreed, but it wouldn't harm if such a hierarchy were imposed as a
> requirement.  [...]

There is no good reason to do it.  The cost of adding such a
rule to the C standard is greater than zero, both initially
and in additional ongoing cost.  Given that (a) it almost
never comes up, and (b) if/when it does it almost never
causes any material difference, the balance is in favor of
leaving things as they are and not putting in some rule that
offers negligible value and also easily can be taken care of
in those extremely rare situations where it (theoretically)
matters.

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Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> - 2023-08-08 23:30 -0700
  Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-08-09 00:02 -0700
    Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> - 2023-08-09 01:00 -0700
      Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-08-09 15:18 +0000
        Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> - 2023-08-09 22:00 -0700
          Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> - 2023-08-09 22:38 -0700
          Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-08-12 11:53 -0700
    Re: Hierarchy among minimum-width types (and also among fastest minimum-width types) arnab chatterjee <arnabchatterjeeofficial@gmail.com> - 2023-08-09 01:04 -0700

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