Re: [PATCH] inttostr: simplify by removing unnecessary redundancy

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 10/22/10 12:23, Jim Meyering wrote:
>
>>     anytostr.c:34: error: comparison of unsigned expression < 0 is always 
>> false [-Wtype-limits]
>
> Hmm, I could have sworn I tested that with -Wtype-limits and it worked
> for me, but evidently I messed up (or perhaps I used a compiler that
> is not as stupid as GCC :-).  Anyway, thanks for catching
> that and I reverted the change.
>
> I avoid -Wtype-limits since in my experience it causes more trouble
> (harder-to-read and not-always-compiled and therefore buggier code)
> than it cures (careless coding errors).

Toeing the line in this case is counterproductive.
How about sticking with your improvement and instead
using this pragma in that file?

# pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wtype-limits"