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In article <4fstj7$2l6@solutions.solon.com>, Rune Huseby <rune.huseby@gpi.telemax.no> writes:
>short test(short x1, short x2) {
>  short result;
>  result = x1 + x2;  /* Warning:  '=' : conversion from 'int '
>                         to 'short ', possible loss of data */
>My compiler [...] automagically converts my short-parameters to int's

No.  The addition operator "+" converts your short operands to ints.

The standard added the ability to prototype functions and clarified what
would happen if parameters are declared with non-promoted types, and this
is obeyed here.  It just happens to be irrelevant.  The "+" operator
promoted its operands even in pre-standard days.
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