Re: 2.4.9 does not compile [PATCH]

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:17:16 +0100 (BST)


> Wrong. This is legal:
>
> int test(unsigned long a, int b)
> {
> return min(a, b);
> }

> And the compiler will warn about it with your typeof version.

Good, because its absolutely bogus and you want people to be warned so they
fix the input types to fit in the output type, and are forced to think about
whether all cases actually fit
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