:> Actually, it could very well be that I don't. I didn't want to spend
:> the time to check to see if the compiler warned on unsigned-char array
:> indexes. You can change it back if unsigned char array indexes do not
:> produce a warning.
:
:Sloppy thinking. How would you know if you fixed the bug unless you checked
:that you fixed the bug instead of breaking the warning? The bug was that
:on systems with signed chars, *inp gave negative array indexes if the
:caller passes a format string with negative characters in certain positions.
:There are still lots of related isfoo(*inp) bugs. All these bugs are more
:serious in the userland.
:
:Bruce
Oh come on, give me some credit -- I knew I fixed the bug by casting
it to unsigned char. But after spending over 8 hours working the
files over so people compiling the kernel don't get overwhelmed
with warnings I was getting a bit fermented in the chair.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dil...@backplane.com>
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