Patch: Re: glimits.h is not compatible with -traditional

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Sep  1, 2000, "John David Anglin" <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> wrote:

> +#ifdef __STDC__
>  #define UINT_MAX (INT_MAX * 2U + 1)
> +#else
> +#define UINT_MAX ((unsigned)INT_MAX * 2 + 1)
> +#endif
 
I don't think there are equivalent.  INT_MAX * 2 overflows.  The right
fix would be `INT_MAX * (unsigned)2 + 1'.  In any case, it wouldn't be
possible to use these macros as CPP constants; I'm not sure whether
this is required by the standards.

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