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

[Herbert Rosmanith]

>   if sizeof(typeof(a)) != sizeof(typeof(b))
>       BUG() // sizes differ

this is not neccessarily a problem. should work with char/short char/int
short/int comparison.

only problem seems to be signed/unsigned int comparison.

>   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)

if sizeof(typeof(a))==sizeof(int) && sizeof(typeof(b))==sizeof(int) &&
   ( _a < 0 && _b > 0 || _a > 0 && b < 0 )
	BUG() // signed unsigned int compare