This was fun to track down

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Sat Sep 27 23:38:00 GMT 1997


  In message < 199709272040.WAA16828@squid.pdc.kth.se >you write:
  > An `unsigned' constant that appears negative should never be generated.
  > Such constants should use const_double.
That's the theory.  However, recent conversations with Wilson and
Kenner would tend to indicate otherwise.

Note that I do agree that we shouldn't have this braindamage!  The
way we deal with CONST_INTs is ambigious and, IMHO, should be fixed.


Jeff



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