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From: Jens M Andreasen <jens-and@dsv.su.se>
Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
Date: 25 Feb 1996 12:13:05 -0600
Organization: Digital Solutions
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On 24 Feb 1996, Stan Ryckman wrote:
On a discussion on (short) x++ ; /* Warning: Loss of precision */
> I don't think compilers need to issue warnings for potential loss
> of precision in any case, though, but I've been wrong before.
> And we all know by now that they *may* issue such warnings at any
> time without violating the Standard (even for "x *= 2;").
Since this is really happening, I would like to know:
1) Is it normal? (as opposed to legal) or should I consider it a bug (a
legal bug but still a nuisance).
2) _Should_ there be a way to cast ones way out? (Obviously not on this
platform)
// Jens M Andreasen