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Re: Language extensions ?
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: "Robin Garner" <robin dot garner at iname dot com>
- Cc: aph at redhat dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 27 Mar 2003 22:37:53 -0700
- Subject: Re: Language extensions ?
- References: <20030328053333.83277.qmail@iname.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Garner <robin dot garner at iname dot com> writes:
Robin> Sadly, the only way to compare signed integers in an unsigned
Robin> way is:
Robin> boolean GT(int a, int b) {
Robin> if( a > 0 && b > 0 || a < 0 && b < 0 )
Robin> return a > b;
Robin> else
Robin> return a < b;
Robin> }
Sounds like a puzzle :-)
How about
boolean GT(int a, int b) {
return (((long) a) & 0xffffffffL) > (((long) b) & 0xffffffffL);
}
Tom