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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long'
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Laszlo Ersek |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants |
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:16:46 +0100 |
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On 03/14/14 18:49, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 06:27:07PM +0100, Laszlo Ersek wrote:
>> *Why* someone would want to use an integer constant with type
>> "uint_least64_t" is a separate matter. One example follows -- assume all
>> of the below:
>> - suppose you write portable C99 source code,
>> - hence you can't take uint64_t for granted,
>> - you want a constant that's otherwise small enough to be represented as
>> "int",
>> - but you want that constant to trigger the "usual arithmetic
>> conversions" (see 6.3.1.8) to evaluate expressions that the constant
>> participates in in at least 64 bits,
>> - you want the narrowest type that allows you to do this.
>
> - You want the code to self-document its intentions.
I do.
> I don't think ULL does that because it requires people to know that
> ULL is at least 64 bits.
Oh. I see what you mean. This never crossed my mind (= people missing
the fact that unsigned long long can represent at least up to 2^64-1).
Laszlo
- [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Jeff Cody, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Stefan Hajnoczi, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Richard W.M. Jones, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Peter Maydell, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Richard W.M. Jones, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Richard W.M. Jones, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Richard W.M. Jones, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants,
Laszlo Ersek <=
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Peter Maydell, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Peter Maydell, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Peter Maydell, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] block: Explicitly specify 'unsigned long long' for VHDX 64-bit constants, Laszlo Ersek, 2014/03/14