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From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: tom st denis <tomstdenis@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 0xdeadbeef vs 0xdeadbeefL
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:00:29 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040707030029.GD12308@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040707000612.39528.qmail@web41112.mail.yahoo.com>

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 05:06:12PM -0700, tom st denis wrote:
> --- David Eger <eger@havoc.gtf.org> wrote:
> > Is there a reason to add the 'L' to such a 32-bit constant like this?
> > There doesn't seem a great rhyme to it in the headers...
> 
> IIRC it should have the L [probably UL instead] since numerical
> constants are of type ``int'' by default.  
> 
> Normally this isn't a problem since int == long on most platforms that
> run Linux.  However, by the standard 0xdeadbeef is not a valid unsigned
> long constant.

... and that would be your F for C101.  Suggested remedial reading before
you take the test again: any textbook on C, section describing integer
constants; alternatively, you can look it up in any revision of C standard.
Pay attention to difference in the set of acceptable types for decimal
and heaxdecimal constants.

  reply	other threads:[~2004-07-07  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-06 21:56 0xdeadbeef vs 0xdeadbeefL David Eger
2004-07-07  0:06 ` tom st denis
2004-07-07  3:00   ` viro [this message]
2004-07-07 11:10     ` tom st denis
2004-07-07 11:18       ` Prohibited attachment type (was 0xdeadbeef) Richard B. Johnson
2004-07-07 11:48         ` tom st denis
2004-07-07 12:29           ` Jakub Jelinek
2004-07-08  5:52             ` Pavel Machek
2004-07-08 14:03               ` Jakub Jelinek
2004-07-07 12:13         ` R. J. Wysocki
2004-07-07 14:22       ` 0xdeadbeef vs 0xdeadbeefL viro
2004-07-07 18:47         ` tom st denis
2004-07-07 16:30       ` Gabriel Paubert
2004-07-07 18:41         ` tom st denis
2004-07-07 18:47           ` Christoph Hellwig
2004-07-07 18:53             ` tom st denis
2004-07-07 23:17               ` Harald Arnesen
2004-07-08  6:15               ` David Weinehall
2004-07-08  9:32               ` [OT] " Gabriel Paubert
2004-07-08 11:15                 ` viro
2004-07-08 11:55                   ` Gabriel Paubert
2004-07-08 16:41                   ` Andries Brouwer
2004-07-08 17:13                     ` Michael Driscoll
2004-07-08 17:16           ` Horst von Brand
2004-07-10  1:52           ` Andrew Rodland
2004-07-07  0:38 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-07-07  4:52   ` David Eger
2004-07-07 11:40     ` Richard B. Johnson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-07-07  2:05 Ray Lee
2004-07-07  3:02 ` viro
2004-07-07  5:58   ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-07-07  6:12     ` Ray Lee
2004-07-07  5:55 ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-07-07  6:08   ` Ray Lee
2004-07-07  6:48   ` viro
2004-07-07 17:58     ` Alexandre Oliva
2004-07-12 17:31   ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-07-07  7:30 ` Tomas Szepe
2004-07-07 14:34   ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2004-07-12 17:50   ` H. Peter Anvin

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