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Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs?

From lawrence.jones@siemens.com
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs?
Date 2012-01-06 12:04 -0500
Organization Siemens PLM Software
Message-ID <06mjt8-jgb.ln1@jones.homeip.net> (permalink)
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Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> Presumably truncating toward zero in the C standard 
> is to reduce the number of cases where conversion leads to overflow.

Actually, it was to simplify programmers' lives by acknowledging nearly
universal existing practice (and to agree with FORTRAN's requirements).
-- 
Larry Jones

If I get a bad grade, it'll be YOUR fault for not doing the work for me!
-- Calvin

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casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? "news.aon.at" <mario_semo@hotmail.com> - 2011-12-02 10:06 +0100
  Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-02 10:34 +0100
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-02 18:10 +0100
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-12-02 22:36 +0000
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-12-03 00:45 +0100
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler  bugs? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-02 19:43 -0500
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler   bugs? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-02 19:49 -0500
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-12-03 01:51 +0100
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-03 11:51 -0500
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-03 19:08 +0100
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Quentin Pope <qp19433@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> - 2011-12-03 19:06 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-12-03 19:14 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-12-04 17:19 +0200
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-04 10:39 -0500
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@yahoo.it> - 2011-12-03 01:41 +0100
        Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-03 12:31 -0800
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? blp@cs.stanford.edu (Ben Pfaff) - 2012-01-03 12:38 -0800
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:38 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 15:10 -0500
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-03 12:49 -0800
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 15:14 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-04 19:12 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 23:04 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-05 02:43 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-05 07:14 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:39 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:14 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-01-05 16:44 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-06 11:30 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 15:24 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:14 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 04:09 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2012-01-05 16:32 +0100
          Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-01-04 09:11 +0000
            Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-04 23:08 -0800
              Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-05 11:15 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-05 07:27 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-01-05 13:03 +0000
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:28 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-01-06 07:17 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? lawrence.jones@siemens.com - 2012-01-06 12:04 -0500
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2012-01-26 09:08 -0800
                Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Michael Press <rubrum@pacbell.net> - 2012-01-05 16:17 -0800
      Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-12-03 01:50 +0000
  Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-12-02 06:41 -0500
    Re: casting constant value from float to unsigned short - compiler bugs? Vincenzo Mercuri <vincenzo.mercuri@hotmail.it> - 2011-12-02 16:26 +0100

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