From: mike_phillips@urscorp.com
To: Ion Badulescu <ionut@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 13:32:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <OF071248D9.F16220EF-ON85256AB8.0059A701@urscorp.com> (raw)
> So I have this number, -200, which is stored in an int. I have this
other
> number, 200, which is stored in an unsigned char. Everybody in his right
> mind will agree that -200 is smaller than 200, the compiler will do just
> that, yet you disagree???
Now try doing that with an int and an unsigned int, you'll get 200, not
-200.
Mike
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2001-08-30 17:32 mike_phillips [this message]
2001-08-30 17:45 ` [IDEA+RFC] Possible solution for min()/max() war Ion Badulescu
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2001-09-07 17:39 ` Peter T. Breuer
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2001-09-06 1:51 Rick Hohensee
2001-09-06 10:12 ` VDA
2001-09-04 13:17 Petr Vandrovec
2001-09-04 9:09 VDA
2001-09-03 23:16 David desJardins
2001-09-03 20:35 David desJardins
2001-09-04 8:08 ` VDA
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2001-08-31 18:40 ` Ted Unangst
2001-08-31 18:29 Andy Chou
2001-08-31 18:52 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 18:24 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 18:13 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 17:41 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 17:57 ` Rik van Riel
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[not found] ` <fa.odqvefv.g4k4j6@ifi.uio.no>
2001-08-31 15:45 ` ctm
2001-08-31 16:57 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 14:28 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 14:37 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-31 14:28 Martin Knoblauch
2001-08-31 2:48 Rick Hohensee
2001-08-31 2:34 Andy Chou
[not found] <20010830174227.A10673@furble>
2001-08-31 1:19 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 2:10 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 7:43 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-08-31 8:27 ` Alex Bligh - linux-kernel
[not found] <791753058.999219857@[169.254.198.40]>
2001-08-31 0:57 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 20:44 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 21:06 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 21:14 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 21:32 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 21:47 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 21:56 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 22:13 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 22:47 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 23:02 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-31 0:08 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 21:49 ` Mark Zealey
2001-08-30 22:06 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 22:14 ` Mark Zealey
2001-08-31 7:04 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 21:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-30 21:45 ` Thomas Dodd
2001-08-30 21:46 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 23:16 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 23:33 ` David Wagner
2001-08-31 11:18 ` Bernd Schmidt
2001-08-30 20:35 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 9:56 Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-30 13:09 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] <200108291905.f7TJ59T11456@wildsau.idv-edu.uni-linz.ac.at>
2001-08-29 19:11 ` Herbert Rosmanith
2001-08-29 1:33 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
[not found] <200108281746.f7SHk1O27199@lists.us.dell.com>
2001-08-28 19:33 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 19:02 ` David Lang
2001-08-28 20:38 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 19:25 ` David Lang
2001-08-28 20:34 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-08-28 20:42 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-28 21:04 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-08-29 9:03 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] <20010825024248.J8296@router.ranmachan.dyndns.org>
2001-08-25 0:54 ` Brad Chapman
[not found] <20010825021651.I8296@router.ranmachan.dyndns.org>
2001-08-25 0:21 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-24 22:42 Brad Chapman
2001-08-24 23:21 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-24 23:58 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:13 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 0:25 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:34 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 0:53 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 1:15 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-25 11:21 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-27 0:02 ` Rusty Russell
2001-08-28 4:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 5:20 ` Alexander Viro
2001-08-28 5:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 11:10 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-28 14:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 20:06 ` John Alvord
2001-08-28 12:42 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 13:27 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 14:19 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-28 15:44 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2001-08-28 15:55 ` Russell King
2001-08-28 16:05 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-28 16:53 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 16:39 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 21:51 ` Mike Castle
2001-08-29 0:33 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-29 1:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-29 15:42 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-29 16:02 ` David Lang
2001-08-29 23:49 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 2:05 ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2001-08-30 3:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 13:10 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-30 13:17 ` David Woodhouse
2001-08-30 13:26 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-30 16:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 16:28 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-31 12:50 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-31 13:45 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 16:27 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-30 16:31 ` Ben LaHaise
2001-08-30 16:38 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 19:51 ` David Weinehall
2001-08-30 20:16 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 20:31 ` Daniel Phillips
[not found] ` <mit.lcs.mail.linux-kernel/200108301638.SAA04923@nbd.it.uc3m.es>
2001-08-30 22:42 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2001-08-30 23:27 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 0:55 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 1:28 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 13:22 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 14:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 15:34 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 12:01 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 12:13 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 12:58 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 13:29 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 14:12 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 14:28 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-31 16:30 ` Roman Zippel
2001-09-07 0:52 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-09-07 7:26 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-09-07 12:28 ` Horst von Brand
2001-09-07 18:03 ` Mark H. Wood
2001-09-07 10:58 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-09-07 14:39 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-09-07 15:17 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 13:49 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-30 16:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 16:41 ` Christopher Friesen
2001-08-30 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 17:13 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-31 1:28 ` Ion Badulescu
2001-08-31 5:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-31 12:37 ` Jamie Lokier
2001-08-31 13:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-08-30 17:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-30 17:03 ` Peter T. Breuer
2001-08-30 17:26 ` Daniel Phillips
2001-08-31 8:04 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-08-30 21:16 ` Graham Murray
2001-08-30 21:47 ` David Weinehall
2001-08-31 10:10 ` Helge Hafting
[not found] ` <mit.lcs.mail.linux-kernel/m266b51c5c.fsf@barnowl.demon.co.uk>
2001-08-30 22:26 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2001-08-28 16:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2001-08-28 16:47 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 17:12 ` Bill Rugolsky Jr.
2001-08-28 17:28 ` Roman Zippel
2001-08-28 17:29 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-26 17:59 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-08-24 23:59 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:07 ` David S. Miller
2001-08-25 0:18 ` Brad Chapman
2001-08-25 0:23 ` David S. Miller
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