From: Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Conversion of constants in C compiler
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:38:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOw7k5iOdaz2tDo3+1T-GQg_FOBdC_-TPWiUrffwBw=B4zRRiw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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The short answer is whatever the historical reasons for the current
interpretation(s), it should follow C99 rules to avoid confusion.
One potential catch is that the compilers don't implement C99 rules when
signed and unsigned values meet, but something closer to the original
convention
(which frankly was simpler) that the result (or comparison) is unsigned,
portably, regardless of word size. I suspect things will break if that is
changed,
although again using the C99 rule is probably less confusing in the end,
because both people and new incoming programs will expect the C99
interpretation.
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