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- From: sl14@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (S. Lee)
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- Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 18:56:42 -0600
- Organization: Nekomi Institute of Technology
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- In article <4gfgfp$3k8@solutions.solon.com>,
- Tanmoy Bhattacharya <tanmoy@qcd.Lanl.GOV> wrote:
- >In article <4gf99c$1fp@solutions.solon.com> sl14@crux3.cit.cornell.edu
- >(S. Lee) writes:
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- [lossy compression]
-
- >Furthermore, what x1 is promoted to does not depend on the _value_ of
- >x1, but the _type_ of x1. If all values that the type can hold can fit
- >into an int, it becomes an int: otherwise it becomes an unsigned
- >int.
-
- Yes, I was confused by this statement. I thought it referred to the
- value.
-
- Your message clears it up for me. Thanks.
-
- Rgds
- sl14@cornell.edu
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