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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Type-independent absolute value
Keywords: abs, labs
Message-ID: <3497@solo10.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 4 Oct 89 23:52:42 GMT
References: <1389@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM> <799@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) writes:
\In article <1389@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM>,
\	gmaranca@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM (Gabriel Maranca) writes:
\...
\|  #define ABS(x) (((long)(x) < 0L)? -(x) : (x))
\...
\	1. instead of -(x) use (-(x)). [...]

Why?  I can understand `-x' isn't a good idea, but `-(x)' seems OK to me.
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