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From: forsyth@vitanuova.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] another compiler bug (another try to send this coherently)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:51:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010717154917.E7329199DC@mail.cse.psu.edu> (raw)

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i thought that was one of the areas where the rules had changed with ANSI C
and assumed ken thompson had implemented the rules he knew!


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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] another compiler bug (another try to send this coherently)
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:16:38 GMT
Message-ID: <3B544A97.5F5EA6E1@null.net>

Mike Haertel wrote:
> The unsigned char is _supposed_ to be promoted to signed int.

That is true, and I'm surprised that the compiler would get it
wrong.  One wonders where else the integer promotions aren't
done right.

             reply	other threads:[~2001-07-17 15:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-17 15:51 forsyth [this message]
2001-07-18  8:43 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
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2001-07-16 11:13 rog
2001-07-16 12:51 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 13:41   ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 13:44   ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-14  3:26 Mike Haertel
2001-07-16  9:05 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-07-16  9:38   ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 18:34   ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-16 18:52     ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-16 19:21       ` Mike Haertel
2001-07-16 19:47         ` Boyd Roberts
2001-07-17 15:16         ` Douglas A. Gwyn

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