If I do something like the following:
unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int,
does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have:
unsigned int bar=10;
int foo;
foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */
I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression
-bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no
way ends up invoking undefined behavior 5 2010
"Mantorok Redgormor" <ne*****@tokyo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:41**************************@posting.google.c om...> If I do something
like the following: unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int, does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have: unsigned int bar=10; int foo; foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */ I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression -bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no way ends up invoking undefined behavior
" 6.3.1.3 Signed and unsigned integers
[#1] When a value with integer type is converted to another |
integer type other than _Bool, if the value can be
represented by the new type, it is unchanged.
[#2] Otherwise, if the new type is unsigned, the value is
converted by repeatedly adding or subtracting one more than
the maximum value that can be represented in the new type
until the value is in the range of the new type.
[#3] Otherwise, the new type is signed and the value cannot
be represented in it; the result is implementation-defined."
Well, not undefined, but implementation defined.
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In article <41**************************@posting.google.com >, ne*****@tokyo.com (Mantorok Redgormor) wrote: If I do something like the following:
unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int, does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have: unsigned int bar=10; int foo; foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */ I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression -bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no way ends up invoking undefined behavior
First, "-bar" will give a very large positive number, and not a negative
number. If unsigned int = 32 bit then -bar equals 2^32 - 10.
Second, if that number is too large to fit into an unsigned int, then
the behavior is "implementation defined". So your compiler should really
document what will happen. It is defined behaviour, so the program will
not crash.
Mantorok Redgormor wrote: If I do something like the following:
unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int, does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have: unsigned int bar=10; int foo; foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */ I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression -bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no way ends up invoking undefined behavior
Consider this code:
unsigned int bar = UINT_MAX;
int foo = -bar;
The value is unrepresentable as a signed int, so the result is
implementation-defined (see 3.2.1 of the ANSI C Standard).
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On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:12:06 +0100, Christian Bau
<ch***********@cbau.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in comp.lang.c: In article <41**************************@posting.google.com >, ne*****@tokyo.com (Mantorok Redgormor) wrote:
If I do something like the following:
unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int, does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have: unsigned int bar=10; int foo; foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */ I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression -bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no way ends up invoking undefined behavior
First, "-bar" will give a very large positive number, and not a negative number. If unsigned int = 32 bit then -bar equals 2^32 - 10.
Second, if that number is too large to fit into an unsigned int, then the behavior is "implementation defined". So your compiler should really document what will happen. It is defined behaviour, so the program will not crash.
Not a chance, assigning an integer expression, literal, or value to
any unsigned integer type is never "implementation-defined".
The value is exactly defined, although the resulting value is
implementation-defined, because it depends on the maximum value of the
unsigned destination type is implementation-defined.
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Jack Klein <ja*******@spamcop.net> wrote: On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 00:12:06 +0100, Christian Bau <ch***********@cbau.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in comp.lang.c:
In article <41**************************@posting.google.com >, ne*****@tokyo.com (Mantorok Redgormor) wrote:
If I do something like the following:
unsigned int bar=10;
Then use, -bar with the unary '-' and assign this value to an int, does this invoke undefined behavior in anyway?
Basically I have: unsigned int bar=10; int foo; foo = -bar; /* Undefined behavior? */ I'm just wondering if this value that is expressed in the expression -bar can be representable at all times with the int variable and in no way ends up invoking undefined behavior
First, "-bar" will give a very large positive number, and not a negative number. If unsigned int = 32 bit then -bar equals 2^32 - 10.
Second, if that number is too large to fit into an unsigned int, then the behavior is "implementation defined". So your compiler should really document what will happen. It is defined behaviour, so the program will not crash.
Not a chance, assigning an integer expression, literal, or value to any unsigned integer type is never "implementation-defined".
But foo is a _signed_ integer. It is not the validity of -bar that is
questioned, but the validity of assigning -bar to a signed int.
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