Re: constant signed/unsigned comparison warning

[Thomas Koenig <ig25 at mvmap66 dot ciw dot uni-karlsruhe dot de>]

Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> And because GCC knows how to figure out the size of the struct, but then
> forgets to check if the high bit of that size is set (otherwise you cannot
> run into a problem in the first place).

The problem is that, for all the compiler knows, this might be
equivalent to

    int i = random_func_which_returns_minus_10000();

    if (i == -1) {
	...
    }
    else if (i < sizeof(foo)) {
	...
    }

This case CAN be a problem, since the second comparison would be false,
and this could very well be a thinko on the part of the programmer.
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Thomas Koenig, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
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