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Re: unsigned int

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"Stefan Ram" wrote:

>  I am now trying to write a new lesson for my German-language
>  C course. This time about »unsigned« (say, »unsigned int«,
>  for a start).
>
>  So, what are the crucial facts the readers need to know?
>
>  Some things that come to my mind right now ("brainstorming"):
>
> - unsigned has defined semantics on overflow and underflow
>
> - comparisons like »<« can give unexpected results (I need
>  to figure out the possible cases where this can happen,
>  maybe you have such a case handy?)
>
> - there are suffixes for numerals to mark them as usigned,
>  like »u«
>
> - But sometimes, the type of a numeral that is not marked
>  with a suffix but is too large to be an int is »unsigned«?
>  (But this has changed between several standards? Or was
>  this in C++?)
>
> - A special conversion specification has to be used for
>  printf (scanf will only be treated later in the course)
>
> - there are the usual macros in <limits.h> for »unsigned int«.
>
> - I don't actually know the semantics for conversions
>  between signed and unsigned, but I think a can look them
>  up in the standard.
>
> - what did I miss? (Especially with regard to common errors
>  commited when using »unsigned«.)

A novice would naturally think that char was signed by default, the same as 
an int.  It is not, the default is chosen by the compiler writer.  Among 
other things, this has ramifications in bit shifting within characters,. 

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              Re: unsigned int David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-02 10:18 +0200
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                Re: unsigned int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-02 08:00 -0700
                Re: unsigned int Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2016-08-02 11:12 -0500
                Re: unsigned int David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-02 17:11 +0200
                Re: unsigned int Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2016-08-02 11:55 -0500
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                Re: unsigned int David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-03 14:02 +0200
                Re: unsigned int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-03 08:58 -0700
                Re: unsigned int James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-08-02 13:57 -0400
                Re: unsigned int Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-08-02 19:30 +0100
                Re: unsigned int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-02 11:38 -0700
                Re: unsigned int David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-03 14:12 +0200
                Re: unsigned int David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-08-03 13:45 +0200
          Re: unsigned int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-08-01 12:02 -0700
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