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clive@stdc.demon.co.uk (Clive D.W. Feather) wrote:

>In article <4d12qv$fir@natasha.rmii.com>,
>Jerry Coffin <jcoffin@rmii.com> wrote:
>> Yes -- in one's complement, `-0' is represented with all bits set to 1.
>> With one's complement, the usual method of testing for 0 is something
>> like: `if (x+0 == 0)' since the addition of 0 normally produces a
>> positive 0.

>The C Standard requires +0 and -0 to compare equal to each other.

Sorry.  I should have been more explicit - the "something like" was
meant to imply that this had to happen internally, not that it would be
included in the source code.
    Later,
    Jerry.

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