Re: Integral promotion.

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From: Thad Smith
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 15:40

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In article <4fvgrm$dv9@solutions.solon.com>, msb@sq.com wrote:
>Oh dear, I have to correct Chris Torek (torek@bsdi.com).  

>Thus even in ANSI C, if this function is called this way:
>
>	extern short p, q, r, test(short,short);
>	r = test(p,q);
>
>the values from p and q are still converted from short to int and back
>to short.  

I find nothing in the Standard that states that the arguments undergo
integral promotions before being assigned to the function parameters.

Thad

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Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
Date: 16 Feb 1996 09:40:43 -0600
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