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hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:

->> >Look at this C-code:
->> >    #define MAX  -32768
->> >    main()
->> >    {
->> >    printf("1: %d\n", MAX);
->> >    printf("2: %d\n", (int)MAX);
->> >    }
->> 
->> This is not a bug, its a feature.  MAX is not a number, its an expression.
->> Thus, the evaluation of MAX is a long int.  The first printf only prints

->K&R specify that constants are int's.  Not a long int.

If I remember well, TC will give you a WARNING when it finds a constant
which is too long to fit in an int and therefor will be interpreted as long.

Corollary: Do not turn off any warning.

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