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Re: fix for altivec-4 signedness problem
- From: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh at redhat dot com>
- To: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 08:12:14 -0800
- Subject: Re: fix for altivec-4 signedness problem
- References: <200201081036.CAA22260@geoffk.org>
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 02:36:54AM -0800, Geoff Keating wrote:
>
> 'char' is unsigned on powerpc, and all the builtins are defined with
> signed types, so the compiler was (properly) complaining. I'm not
> sure if this is quite correct but at least it's consistent.
ah yes. i've run into this before.
hah funny. i just switched development platforms. and i just realized
darwin defaults chars to signed, whereas linuxppc and powerpc-eabi default
to unsigned char. so the tests were working on my ppc, but not on the
sim.
good catch.
thx.
aldy