Re: Problems (a bug?) with UINT_MAX from kernel.h

[Andreas Schwab]

Richard Purdie <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> If I try to compile the code fragment below, I see the error:
>
> #define UINT_MAX	(~0U)
> #if (0xffffffffffffffff == UINT_MAX)
>   #error argh
> #endif

The preprocessor computes all expressions with the largest available
range.  It does not know anything about types.

Andreas.

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