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From: paul@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Paul Siu)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: The use of unsigned int
Keywords: unsigned int, C
Message-ID: <1255@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 91 18:18:29 GMT
Organization: Unisys Corporation, Tredyffrin, PA
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The most commonly use, and commonly returned type in C is probably int.  
In some cases, wouldn't it be more appropriate if unsigned int was used
instead, such as when you are indexing an array, or returning a length?

I heard that int is usually declared as the most efficent type in C, would
using unsigned int cause any problems such as slow things down or cause
type-conversation problems?

Paul Siu
paul@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com