[Bug c++/18821] New: Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral conversions

[Bug c++/18821] New: Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral conversions

[gccbugzilla at spamit dot net]

I'd like to get a warning for code like this:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   unsigned long four = 400000;
   unsigned short two;

   two = four;
   cout << two << endl;
}

/home/enadler/test/compilerwarnings $ g++ -Werror -Wall -Wconversion -ansi
gccbugreport.cc && a.out
6784

I think GCC is doing the right thing by allowing this code uncasted, and
it is described this way in Bjarne's C++ Programming Language, Special
Edition C.6.2.1.

However, it seems reasonable to me that a warning option should be available
to notify the programmer that data is being thrown away.

Thanks!
Eric

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           Summary: Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral
                    conversions
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.2.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: gccbugzilla at spamit dot net
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18821

[Bug c++/18821] Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral conversions

[gccbugzilla at spamit dot net]

------- Additional Comments From gccbugzilla at spamit dot net  2004-12-04 01:20 -------
Installed Red Hat Advanced Server 3.0, update 1
Dell PowerEdge 1750: Intel Xeon 2.4GHz

Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --host=i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-24)



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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18821

[Bug c/18821] Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral conversions

[pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org  2004-12-06 05:14 -------
Confirmed, I thought I saw a bug about this before.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
          Component|c++                         |c
     Ever Confirmed|                            |1
           Keywords|                            |diagnostic
   Last reconfirmed|0000-00-00 00:00:00         |2004-12-06 05:14:11
               date|                            |


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18821

[Bug c++/18821] Please add warning if bits thrown away in integral conversions

[jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Additional Comments From jsm28 at gcc dot gnu dot org  2005-02-01 21:10 -------
The example given is in C++, not C; the C version is bug 2707.


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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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          Component|c                           |c++


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18821