On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> |>
> |> Gcc used to complain about things like that, which is a FUCKING DISASTER.
>
> How can you distinguish that from other occurrences of (int)<(size_t)?
Which is indeed my point. If you cannot distinguish it from incorrect
uses, you shouldn't be warnign the user, because the compiler obviously
doesn't know enough to make a sufficiently educated guess.
That said, a good compiler _can_ make a good warning. But to do so, you
have to actually do value analysis, instead of just blindly warning about
code that is obviously correct to a human.
Until gcc does sufficient value analysis, that signed warning is annoying,
worthless and a damn pain in the ass.
Linus
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