signed is undefined and has been since 1992 (in GCC)

[Georg Bauhaus]

Joe Buck wrote:

> 32-bit integers are going to remain useful types, and
> LP64 architectures finally have char = 8, short = 16, int = 32, long = 64,
> which is too useful to break.

Hmm... pratically,

"Handle and Pointer Sizes" in
http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/dc/64bit/197664.htm?page=2

When I try to attach the qualification "useful"
to program text whose basic types cannot be interpreted
without extended exegesis of various documents,
I wonder whether it should be the compiler's job to
correct this situation, as has been suggested in this thread.


Georg