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In <4g27gn$q5k@solutions.solon.com> Chris Torek <torek@elf.bsdi.com> writes:

:In article <4fvgrm$dv9@solutions.solon.com>,  <msb@sq.com> wrote:
:
:>Excerpts from the standard:
:>
:>*  From 6.3.16.1/3.3.16.1:
:>#  In "simple assignment" (=), the value of the right operand is
:>#  converted to the type of the left operand ...
:>
:>*  From 6.2.1.2/3.2.1.2:
:>#  When a value with integral type is demoted to a signed integer with
:>#  smaller size ... if the value cannot be represented the result is
:>#  implementation-defined.                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:>Hence implementation-defined behavior occurs.
:
:Thus, the implementation has to say exactly how it handles this.
:There is still some question as to whether the implementation can
:define it as an overflow resulting in program termination, is there
:not?

This is open to debate.  According to the standard, the result of the
conversion is implementation-defined, not the behaviour of the program.

Dan
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