Language extensions ?

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Garner <robin.garner@iname.com> writes:

Robin> Sadly, the only way to compare signed integers in an unsigned
Robin> way is:
Robin> boolean GT(int a, int b) {
Robin>   if( a > 0 && b > 0 ||  a < 0 && b < 0 )  
Robin>     return a > b;
Robin>   else
Robin>     return a < b;
Robin> }

Sounds like a puzzle :-)

How about

boolean GT(int a, int b) {
  return (((long) a) & 0xffffffffL) > (((long) b) & 0xffffffffL);
}

Tom