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From: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: a style question
Message-ID: <18392@haddock.ima.isc.com>
Date: 3 Oct 90 04:15:11 GMT
References: <DAVIS.90Oct1025438@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu> <1990Oct1.174941.22195@zoo.toronto.edu> <18370@haddock.ima.isc.com> <1990Oct2.192727@IASTATE.EDU>
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In <1990Oct2.192727@IASTATE.EDU> john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) writes:
>In <18370@haddock.ima.isc.com>, karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>>[Problems if it's unsigned; suggested ways to fix]
>
>I suppose this is so hideous that I shall be cursed forever for it...  ;-)
>        unsigned int   x;
>        for (x = 100; (int)--x > 0; )

Um, the "100" in this discussion is really just a placeholder for whatever the
iteration count happens to be--and it would be nice if the algorithm would
also work when the count is in the high range of an unsigned int.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (karl@kelp.ima.isc.com or ima!kelp!karl), The Walking Lint