Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:45:25 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: petefrench@ticketswitch.com Subject: Re: Will there be a 5.3.1? Message-ID: <20041222144525.7eb860fb.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <E1Ch7QQ-000GlO-MB@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> References: <20041222141450.GA51987@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> <E1Ch7QQ-000GlO-MB@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:25:14 +0000
Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> wrote:
> > The type of a decimal integer constant without any suffix is the first
> > of 'int', 'long', 'long long' in which the constant can be represented.
>
> It is ? Well, you learn something new every day I guess! I stand
> corrected in that case. Appologies.
>
> > (For C89 it was the first of 'int', 'long', 'unsigned long')
>
> ...and before that ? Did this behaviour change at the end of the 80's - I
> don't actually recall seeing it on any compilers after 88 or so I have
> to admit.
Getting -1 is a bug even in K&R C, unless long is 16 bits :)
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