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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: type of decimal constants in msvc |
| Date | 2026-03-01 18:32 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86pl5nezbc.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <875xa2u0p9.fsf@example.invalid> <10i3hkn$15jea$1@dont-email.me> <871pkqtdyy.fsf@example.invalid> <868qeusm4f.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87a4zawaj7.fsf@example.invalid> |
Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes: > Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes: > >> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>>> Em 19/12/2025 09:15, Keith Thompson escreveu: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>>> gcc's warning for 18408377700990114895 (which is slightly smaller >>>>> than 2**64) is "integer constant is so large that it is unsigned". >>>>> This is *incorrect* (and I think it's been reported as a bug), but >>>>> the incorrect wording of the warning is not a conformance issue. >>>> >>>> I am not understating why do you think this is a bug? >>>> Because it should not compile? >>> >>> No, because the message is factually incorrect. >> >> No, it isn't. The message might be misleading but it isn't wrong. >> >>> The integer constant 18408377700990114895 is not of any unsigned type. >> >> The message doesn't say the constant has an unsigned type. It says >> only that the constant is unsigned. > > What distinction are you making? The distinction I'm making is between what the statement actually says rather than how it might be interpreted.
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Re: type of decimal constants in msvc Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-03-01 18:32 -0800 Re: type of decimal constants in msvc Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-03-01 19:22 -0800
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