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| From | Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: What is your opinion about unsigned int u = -2 ? |
| Date | 2024-08-25 14:28 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
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dave_thompson_2@comcast.net writes:
> On Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:40:32 -0700, Keith Thompson
> <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> writes:
>> > I think both cases (overflow and wraparound) should have warnings.
>>
>> You're free to think that, of course, but wraparound behavior is well
>> defined and unambiguous. I wouldn't mind an *optional* warning, but
>> plenty of programmers might deliberately write something like
>>
>> const unsigned int max = -1;
>>
>> with the reasonable expectation that it will set max to INT_MAX.
>>
> (cough) UINT_MAX (cough)
Quite right, thanks.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */
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