From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1646 invoked by alias); 6 Jan 2012 20:37:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 1227 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Jan 2012 20:37:05 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from localhost (HELO gcc.gnu.org) (127.0.0.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:36:52 +0000 From: "luto at mit dot edu" To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: [Bug c++/51777] New: Errors message show unsigned long template parameters as signed Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:37:00 -0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gcc X-Bugzilla-Component: c++ X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: minor X-Bugzilla-Who: luto at mit dot edu X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: P3 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: Message-ID: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: contact gcc-bugs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-bugs-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2012-01/txt/msg00683.txt.bz2 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D51777 Bug #: 51777 Summary: Errors message show unsigned long template parameters as signed Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.6.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: luto@mit.edu On x86_64, with g++ (GCC) 4.6.2 20111027 (Red Hat 4.6.2-1) and some trunk b= uild or other, this test: template struct A { }; int main() { return A<0xf000000000000000ul>(); } gives this error: type_err_test.cc: In function =E2=80=98int main()=E2=80=99: type_err_test.cc:8:34: error: cannot convert =E2=80=98A<-115292150460684697= 6ull>=E2=80=99 to =E2=80=98int=E2=80=99 in return That's wrong -- the constant is positive. (With just 'unsigned long' inste= ad of 'unsigned long long', it still gets it wrong on x86_64 but it gets it ri= ght with -m32. With 'unsigned long long' it fails both ways.) I'm marking this "minor" because it's unlikely to cause significant confusi= on.