Re: [OT] Re: 0xdeadbeef vs 0xdeadbeefL

[viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 11:32:50AM +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote:

> Yes, I know and I use BK. But given the fact that you insult me for 
> better knowing C rules than you, I'm seriously considering switch 
> to subversion or arch instead.
> 
> Argh, I've mentioned BK. There should be a Goldwin's law equivalent
> for BitKeeper on lkml ;-)

Godwin, surely?

Anyway, if you think that suckversion authors knew C...  Try to read their
decoder/parser/whatever you call the code handling the data stream obtained
from other end of connection.  _Especially_ when it comes to signedness
(of integers, mostly).

> - the aforementioned fgetc/getc/getchar issues.

... have nothing to do with char; getc() has more legitimate return values
than char can represent.  No matter whether it's signed or unsigned, if
you have
	... char c;
	...
	c = getc();
you have a bug - Dirichlet Principle bites you anyway.