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Re: GSOC
On Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 11:10 AM ashwina kumar <kumarashwina31@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi ,
>
> While working I just figured out that -Wconversion is buggy. Please see the
> below code- -
>
> $ cat b.c
> #include <stdint.h>
>
> void main (void)
> {
> //contains build errors
> uint16_t x = 1;
> uint16_t y = 2;
> y += x; /* contains error */
>
> }
>
> $ gcc b.c -Wconversion
> b.c: In function ‘main’:
> b.c:22:7: warning: conversion to ‘uint16_t {aka short unsigned int}’
> from ‘int’ may alter its value [-Wconversion]
> y += x; /* contains error */
The warning is correct unless you factor in that x == 1 and y == 2.
> Please help me to know as an GSOC student can I work on this for this year
> to make -Wconversion more robust.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Ashwina
>
> --
> Ashwina Kumar
> BIT Mesra