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From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)
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Subject: Re: What is your opinion about unsigned int u = -2 ?
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 14:33:31 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <v8inds$2qpqh$1@dont-email.me>,
Thiago Adams  <thiago.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
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>So it seams that anything is ok for unsigned but not for signed.
>Maybe because all computer gave same answer for unsigned but this is not 
>true for signed?

I think it is because it wants to (still) support representations other
than 2s complement.  I think POSIX requires 2s complement, and I expect the
C standard to (eventually) follow suit.

-- 
Res ipsa loquitur.