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

[Herbert Rosmanith]

> which compiles to:
> 
>   :      movw $65535,-2(%ebp)
>   :      movb $-2,-3(%ebp)
>   :      xorl %eax,%eax
>   :      movw -2(%ebp),%ax
>   :      movsbl -3(%ebp),%edx
>   :      cmpl %edx,%eax
>   :      jle .L3
> 
> you see this? short and char get expanded to 32bit int (I have a x86),
> and a signed comparison can be done without danger. "jle" jumps if
> SF != OF, which accounts to "op1 < op2" in a signed compare. the
> "unsigned short" quantum gets expanded to an "unsigned int", which
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

yikes, this should really read "signed int".