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Not just C++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch – IT Hare on Soft.ware

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/10/02

[WayBack] C++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch – IT Hare on Soft.ware.

I have seen things like this happen in way to many places, not just C/C++:

static_assert( -1 < 1U );//fails!

Take away:

Never ever use explicit casts merely to get rid of warnings (whether signed/unsigned or otherwise)

A way to set various C/C++ compilers apart: [WayBack] GitHub – shafik/determine_c_or_cpp: Determine programatically C from C++ as well as various versions

Via: [WayBack] C++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch – IT Hare on Soft.ware: Kevlin Henney – Google+

–jeroen

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