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Date:      15 Jul 2002 13:12:26 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-audit@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: bin/ln & WARNS=5
Message-ID:  <xzp65zh9rdx.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20020715202126.S40071-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
References:  <20020715202126.S40071-100000@gamplex.bde.org>

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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes:
> That would break the possibly-intentional check for snprintf() failing.
> (size_t)-1 >= sizeof(path), but !(-1 >= (int)sizeof(path)).

Casting a value which one knows may be negative to an unsigned type is
IMHO stupid.  If the check is intentional, it should be done
explicitly.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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