From: Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com>
To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: va_arg and short
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:47:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001229214705.A13372@sanpietro.red-bean.com> (raw)
rc 1.6b2 fails to compile on linux/ppc/gcc2.95.2/glibc2.2. The problem
is in print.c line 107:
n = va_arg(format->args, short);
This code is incorrect, because a short argument to a variadic
function will go through argument promotion and become an int. I am
told that GCC 3 will refuse to compile this on any architecture, not
just ppc.
The patch below removes the short case and adds an explanatory note.
--- print.c.orig Fri Dec 29 22:34:45 2000
+++ print.c Fri Dec 29 22:39:33 2000
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@
if (flags & FMT_long)
n = va_arg(format->args, long);
- else if (flags & FMT_short)
- n = va_arg(format->args, short);
- else
+ else /* short and int are both promoted to int */
n = va_arg(format->args, int);
pre = 0;
--
things change.
decklin@red-bean.com
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