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| From | Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: return -1 using size_t??? |
| Date | 2012-02-11 22:52 +0000 |
| Organization | Stack Usenet News Service |
| Message-ID | <slrnjjdsaa.1rul.willem@toad.stack.nl> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <chine.bleu-B924BC.12400311022012@news.eternal-september.org> <jh6oh8$i77$1@dont-email.me> <chine.bleu-C91AF5.14111311022012@news.eternal-september.org> <jh6pkt$ob8$1@dont-email.me> <chine.bleu-9B047A.14310111022012@news.eternal-september.org> |
Devil with the China Blue Dress wrote:
) No, the question was about casting an signed number (-1) to an unsigned type.
) That this can be done and is closed under addition is a property of twos
) complement integers.
No, that this can be done is a result of the wording of the C standard.
Case in point: it also works on ones complement machines.
Twos complement is just a red herring in this case.
SaSW, Willem
--
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements
made in the above text. For all I know I might be
drugged or something..
No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you !
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