On 03/27/2014 08:52 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: > On 03/27/2014 08:44 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > >> On 03/26/2014 03:05 PM, Daniel Gutson wrote: >> >>> assigning a negative literal to an unsigned variable issues no warning: >>> >>> >>> unsigned int x; >>> x =- 4; >>> >>> This is specially important in typos when -= was intended instead of =- >>> >>> Would be acceptable if I add a new warning to handle this, i.e. >>> -Wnegative-to-unsigned >>> or alike? >> >> Assigning a negative literal to an unsigned variable is well-defined >> standard C. Is it really appropriate to warn for correct code? > > Yes, this warning needs to take whitespace into account. But then, I > suppose it would be fine.
I agree. Andrew.
