Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:17:22 +0100 |
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ionut@cs.columbia.edu said: > ... unless of course the programmer used an unsigned char when what he > really wanted was a signed char. But in that case even your typed min > macro won't save him, because what should the forced type be anyway? > If it's "int", nothing changes; if it's "signed char", you risk > truncating the int. So you end up with something like
> min(int, a, (char)b)
If the programmer wrote that when he really wanted a signed char, he has more fundamental brokenness to worry about than the min/max fun.
-- dwmw2
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