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Article #1720Re: Parameter Types in Old-Style Function Definitions
From: Chris Torek
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 1990 13:58
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 1990 13:58
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In article <1990Sep15.011126.23112@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> hugh@dgp.toronto.edu (D. Hugh Redelmeier) writes: >The fact that the default argument promotions are implementation >dependant is quite unfortunate. Indeed. Note that this problem would not exist, had X3J11 chosen the correct (i.e., sign-preserving) extension rules. As things stand now, you CANNOT calculate the type of an unsigned expression in a widening context. Apparently the committee decided that the value represented by some bit pattern was more important than the type needed to hold that value---not minding the fact that without knowing that type, it is not possible to describe that value! -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 405 2750) Domain: chris@cs.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!haven!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Parameter Types in Old-Style Function Definitions Keywords: parameter, function Message-ID: <26564@mimsy.umd.edu> Date: 15 Sep 90 13:58:01 GMT References: <10391@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <2689@dataio.Data-IO.COM> <1990Sep15.011126.23112@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17