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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Puzzle on unsigned promotions
Message-ID: <12291@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jul 88 20:39:59 GMT
References: <736@vsi.UUCP> <12251@mimsy.UUCP> <565@unh.UUCP>
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <565@unh.UUCP> jeff@unh.UUCP (Jeffrey E. F. Friedl) writes:
>... no where in K&R-I can I find where it specifically
>stipulates that the conversion from unsigned short to a larger unsigned
>int is done by zero padding and not sign (sign with an unsigned?) extending.
>... The main problem is K&R's use of terms and fonts.

No, actually, the main problem is that K&R C has only one unsigned
type, namely unsigned int.  Unsigned short, unsigned char, and unsigned
long do not exist in K&R 1st ed.
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