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SubjectRe: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 06:38:40PM +0200, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
> "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)

<disgusting vomit-sound>Do you really want code like that in the
kernel (yes, I know that there are code that can compete with it in
ugliness</disgusting vomit-sound>


/David Weinehall
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