ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

[DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs]

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Consider the following C code snippet:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
  char x = -4;
    
  if (x < 0)
    printf("x is negative\n");
  else
    printf("x is positive\n");  
}

If I compile it with host gcc, there is no warning and the message "x is negative" is printed.
If I compile it with ppc_8xx-gcc there is a warning "main.c:11: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type" and the program prints message "x is positive". 
To correct the problem I have to put signed before char.

Bye,
Antonio.

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Re: ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

[Scott Wood]

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:56:10PM +0200, DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs wrote:
> If I compile it with host gcc, there is no warning and the message "x is negative" is printed.
> If I compile it with ppc_8xx-gcc there is a warning "main.c:11: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of data type" and the program prints message "x is positive". 
> To correct the problem I have to put signed before char.

C does not specify the signedness of char.  If you care, you need to
explicitly specify.

-Scott

Re: ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

[Ricardo Scop]

Hi, Antonio

On Tuesday 28 August 2007 15:56, DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs wrote:
> Consider the following C code snippet:
[snip]
>   char x = -4;
[snip]
>
> If I compile it with host gcc, there is no warning and the message "x is
> negative" is printed. If I compile it with ppc_8xx-gcc there is a warning
> "main.c:11: warning: comparison is always false due to limited range of
> data type" and the program prints message "x is positive". To correct the
> problem I have to put signed before char.
>

You can also use the -fsigned-char compilation flag, in this case.

-- 
Ricardo Scop.

RE: ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

[DI BACCO ANTONIO - technolabs]

> C does not specify the signedness of char.  If you care, you need to
> explicitly specify.

Sorry, I didn't know this. Anyway I would expect the same behaviour from
both host gcc and ppc_8xx-gcc. In this case host gcc is wrong.=20

Bye,
Antonio.

Re: ppc_8xx-gcc from eldk strange behaviour

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <F1F6EC0C8B75034F9E3A79FC85122E8EA185B5@aquib01a> you wrote:
> > C does not specify the signedness of char.  If you care, you need to
> > explicitly specify.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't know this. Anyway I would expect the same behaviour from
> both host gcc and ppc_8xx-gcc. In this case host gcc is wrong. 

No, it is not wrong.  The  behaviour  is  just  not  defined  by  the
standard,  so  the compiler is free to do what he likes. Some systems
default to singend chars,  others  to  unsigned.  Both  is  perfectly
legal.

It is code that makes any such assumptions which is broken.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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