signed vs unsigned comparison warnings

[Michael Meissner]

On Sat, Jun 20, 1970 at 12:42:12PM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
>     I'm not aware of a single bug fixed by the boatloads of changes to
>     eliminate signed vs unsigned comparison warnings.  
> 
> I think I remember one ...

Compared to the bugs introduced by the wholesale conversion of things to
unsigned?  I know I've certainly been bitten by the later in some ports.

>     As a result, I think it is in our best interest to not try and "fix"
>     such warnings and instead turn off the warnings on the command line.
>     We've got bigger fish to fry IMHO.
> 
> Yes and no.  These warnings tend to produce a more "strictly typed"
> program and that's a good thing from a cleanliness point of view.  So
> there is *some* advantage, though I agree it's not very large.

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