Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war

[Peter T. Breuer]

"Linus Torvalds wrote:"
> What if the "int" happens to be negative?

   if sizeof(typeof(a)) != sizeof(typeof(b)) 
       BUG() // sizes differ
   const (typeof(a)) _a = ~(typeof(a))0   
   const (typeof(b)) _b = ~(typeof(b))0   
   if _a < 0 && _b > 0 || _a > 0 && b < 0
       BUG() // one signed, the other unsigned
   standard_max(a,b)

Peter