Re: should abs() be 'uint'?

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From: T. William Wells
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 09:01

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In article <eyal.717980448@ise> eyal@echo.canberra.edu.au (Eyal Lebedinsky) writes:
: Anyone else has pet problems with abs?

Not here. I'm not foolish enough to try to use a function for
something it isn't designed to do. If you want an unsigned abs
function, for goddess' sake WRITE one. Don't waste your and our
time bitching about the existing function.

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Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1992 09:01:12 GMT
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