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Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars
Date 2017-11-29 17:01 -0800
Organization None to speak of
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:07:28 +0000
>> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> wrote:
>>>   unsigned nb = 0;
>>>   unsigned U_ORDER = 0;
>>> 
>>> and loop setting
>>> 
>>>   (U_ORDER << CHAR_BIT) | nb++
>>
>> If  sizeof(unsigned) == 1    then   U_ORDER << CHAR_BIT
>> is undefined behaviour.
>
> Why?

Because CHAR_BIT (which would have to be at least 16) would be equal to
the width of the left operand.

N1570 6.5.7p3:
    The integer promotions are performed on each of the operands. The
    type of the result is that of the promoted left operand. If the
    value of the right operand is negative or is greater than or
    equal to the width of the promoted left operand, the behavior
    is undefined

> But that's a side issue.
[snip]

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Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-19 21:11 +0000
  Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-23 00:50 +0000
    Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-26 15:55 +0000
      Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-26 23:55 +0000
        Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-11-27 06:43 +0000
          Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-27 09:26 +0100
            Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-11-27 08:50 +0000
            Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-11-27 10:35 -0500
              Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-11-27 08:00 -0800
              Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2017-11-27 23:49 +0100
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2017-11-27 15:56 -0800
            Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-15 12:45 -0800
          Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-27 15:08 +0000
        Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-27 14:55 +0000
          Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-27 15:51 +0000
            Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-28 17:13 +0000
              Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-29 01:07 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 18:59 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-30 00:53 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-11-29 17:01 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-11-30 11:40 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-30 19:53 +0000
              Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 18:37 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-11-30 22:38 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 05:06 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-12-07 07:51 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2017-12-08 23:14 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-12-12 16:19 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-12-12 17:10 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-12-13 09:02 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-15 12:39 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-12-15 17:39 -0600
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-15 15:52 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-12-16 00:35 -0600
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-17 14:02 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2017-12-17 15:15 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-17 18:47 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-17 14:09 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-17 14:19 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars herrmannsfeldt@gmail.com - 2017-12-17 14:45 -0800
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 19:13 +0000
                Re: Recasting data as long ints and chars James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2018-02-10 05:46 +0000

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