From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:11:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:10:57 -0400 Received: from hermine.idb.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:62728 "HELO hermine.idb.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:10:45 -0400 Message-ID: <3B8E3B0C.DD7032FA@idb.hist.no> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:09:32 +0200 From: Helge Hafting X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.10-pre2 i686) X-Accept-Language: no, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Herbert Rosmanith , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war In-Reply-To: <200108300956.f7U9u7D16494@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Herbert Rosmanith wrote: > > > Please guys. The issue of sign in comparisons are a LOT more complicated > > than most of you seem to think. > > as a friend of mine put it on IRC: > "Your little brains are not able to grasp the complicated issue of > sign in comparisons." > > If the problem is compiler-related, shouldn't it be forwared to the > gcc-group? > C has (complicated) rules for this. The gcc people can't break them in order to make it easier for developers to understand. But you may of course try a discussion on comp.lang.c Helge Hafting