Re: Fixing the wrapping issue

[Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>]

> Thanks for the pointer.  This says:
> 
> @cite{The result of, or the signal raised by, converting an integer to a
> signed integer type when the value cannot be represented in an object of
> that type (C90 6.2.1.2, C99 6.3.1.3).}
> 
> For conversion to a type of width @math{N}, the value is reduced
> modulo @math{2^N} to be within range of the type; no signal is raised.
> 
Then there is your answer.
We have defined signed conversions to effectively wrap.

This is what icc does as well in this case, and i imagine most C
compilers.