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Re: C++ PATCH: PR 26534
On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> > On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> >
> >> that the type of "x.i" be "int". When "x.i" is used in an rvalue
> >> context, we convert it to the declared type; the middle end should be
> >
> > Properly, this should be converting to the declared type for a bit-field
> > strictly wider than int or one of enumerated type, otherwise to either int
> > or unsigned int depending on whether int can represent all values of the
> > bit-field; [conv.prom] paragraph 3 and bug 16376.
>
> Yes, the integral promotions will happen as well, at a later stage. So,
> for something like "short i : 3", "x.i" will first be converted to
> "short", and then it will be promoted to "int".
Equally, "unsigned long i : 3" should also be promoted to int, not
unsigned long. Now, Andrew Pinski is reporting that this patch is indeed
fixing bug 16376, whether or not intended to do so.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com