Suggested rewording of warning message

[Zack Weinberg]

On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:17:03 -0800, Claus Fischer wrote:
>
>The message
>      warning: unsigned value < 0 is always 0
>
>could be mis-interpreted as:
>   "an unsigned value which is less than zero is always zero",
>instead of the intended meaning
>   "expression (unsigned value < 0) is always zero".
>
>Perhaps someone who is a native speaker of English might think of a
>good unambigous replacement message.

Since this is a warning about a test, how about this:

warning: condition `unsigned value < 0' is always false

or, if possible, this:

warning: unsigned comparison `x < 0' is always false

where x is the variable being compared against 0.

zw