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In article <1990Feb14.173746.28244@agate.berkeley.edu>, ericco@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Eric C. Olson) 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.

> the high word of the long int MAX.  The second printf properly casts the
> long int to an int and prints the correct result.  Try:
> 
> 	printf("3: %ld\n", MAX);
> 
This is probably an example of the compiler maker trying to be nice.
And breaking the users code in the process.


Howard C. Johnson
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