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Subject: Re: What is your opinion about unsigned int u = -2 ?
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Thiago Adams wrote:

> What is your opinion about this:
> 
> unsigned int u1 = -1;
> 
> Generally -1 is used to get the maximum value.
> Is this guaranteed to work?

Whether or not it is, i would prefer to use the UINT_MAX macro to make the 
code clearer.
 
> How about this one?
> 
> unsigned int u2 = -2;
> Does it makes sense? Maybe a warning here?

I cannot think of any situations where that would make sense, but i also 
cannot guarantee that there are not any.



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