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Re: Motion P1788/M0036.03: NO Flavors



On 2012-08-30 17:35:25 +0200, Dominique Lohez wrote:
> IMHO  the right comparison would between   natural numbers and relative
> number.

Yes, in C, one has signed and unsigned integer arithmetics. For
some types, the "flavor" is explicit, but for other types and
for some intermediate results (e.g. when adding an unsigned int
and a long), this depends on the implementation.

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