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Re: __typeof__ (const int)
- From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- To: Aurelien Buhrig <aurelien dot buhrig dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc-help <gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 13:39:53 +0000
- Subject: Re: __typeof__ (const int)
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On 16 February 2017 at 13:29, Aurelien Buhrig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What does control or what is the rule for the type returned by
> __typeof__ (const int) ?
The type of a const int is ... a const int, of course.
I assume you mean integer constant, not "const int".
> On a private target (using newlib-stdint.h), sizeof(__typeof__ (-32768))
> returns 4 but sizeof(__typeof__ (-32767)) returns 2...
This has nothing to do with __typeof__ only to do with the rules of C
that determine the type of an integer constant, see
http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/language/integer_constant#The_type_of_the_integer_constant
Presumably your private port has a 16-bit int, so -32768 doesn't fit
in int and has a 32-bit type instead. If that's not the case then you
have a bug in the port and it's selecting the wrong type for the
integer constant -32767.