[Bug c++/34198] -Wconversion gives apparent erroneous warning with g++ 4.3-20071109

["fang at csl dot cornell dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #3 from fang at csl dot cornell dot edu  2007-11-22 21:52 -------
I'm having some issues with this as well (same snapshot):

some more tests:

void f(const unsigned char b)
{
 unsigned char c = static_cast<unsigned char>(b & 0xff);
 unsigned char d = (unsigned char)(b & 0xff);
 char e = static_cast<char>(b & 0xff);
 char f = char(b & 0xff);
}

pr34198.cc:4: error: conversion to 'unsigned char' from 'int' may alter its
value
pr34198.cc:5: error: conversion to 'unsigned char' from 'int' may alter its
value
pr34198.cc:6: error: conversion to 'unsigned char' from 'int' may alter its
value
pr34198.cc:7: error: conversion to 'unsigned char' from 'int' may alter its
value

I'm trying to understand all the reasonings: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Wcoercion
IMHO, the explicit casts (static_cast or function-style) should suppress the
warnings.


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