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Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int
Date 2011-10-12 12:36 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> writes:
[...]
> It should not generate a warning. You invoke an implicit cast from size_t to
> int. This is perfectly acceptable according to the C standard. One of the
> regulars will undoubtedly provide chapter and verse...

An implicit *conversion*.  A "cast" is an explicit operator that
specifies a conversion.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int "V.Subramanian, India" <subramanian100in@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-12 07:36 -0700
  Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-10-12 12:17 -0400
  Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int Kleuskes & Moos <kleuske@somewhere.else.net> - 2011-10-12 17:28 +0000
    Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-10-12 12:36 -0700
  Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int Ike Naar <ike@sverige.freeshell.org> - 2011-10-12 17:53 +0000
  Re: no warning for assigning unsigned int to plain int Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-10-12 12:41 -0700

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