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Re: how to stop bit-field sign extension

From: Kevin Nomura <nomura at netapp dot com>
To: Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay at adobe dot com>
Cc: Kevin Nomura <nomura at netapp dot com>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:37:51 -0700
Subject: Re: how to stop bit-field sign extension
References: <20030929185947.GV9917@bughouse.netapp.com> <5.2.1.1.0.20030930063112.017b0df8@iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com>

I added a check to c-typeck.c to find where we are assigning 
unsigned long long from signed int, and this potential problem 
is widespread in our code base, albeit not usually from bit fields.  
Thank you for the response!

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:32:09AM -0500, Eljay Love-Jensen wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> ll = x.a;
> ll <<= 16;
> 
> HTH,
> --Eljay
>

References:
- how to stop bit-field sign extension
  - From: Kevin Nomura
- Re: how to stop bit-field sign extension
  - From: Eljay Love-Jensen

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