From: Bob Plantz <plantz@cds1.net>
To: "Sivaprasad.pv" <sivaprasad.pv@redpinesignals.com>
Cc: gcc <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: regarding type promotion
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1219162574.6008.7.camel@bob-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48AA5377.9080001@redpinesignals.com>
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 10:30 +0530, Sivaprasad.pv wrote:
> Is there any way to specify in gcc to perform implicit type promotion
> first and then perform operation on it (without explicit type casting).
I spent over three decades reading other people's code -- both in
industry and teaching. I always encouraged my students to use explicit
type casting, even when not needed, for it's self-documenting value.
Another rule I gave them is "multiplication and division have higher
precedence than addition and subtraction; use parentheses in all other
cases."
Both "rules of thumb" help the reader to see your intent and minimize
your chances of making a mistake.
Bob
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-19 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-19 8:38 Sivaprasad.pv
2008-08-19 13:24 ` Andrew Haley
2008-08-19 15:35 ` Eljay Love-Jensen
2008-08-19 16:33 ` Bob Plantz [this message]
2008-08-19 16:34 ` Richard Harvey Chapman
2008-08-19 17:02 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2008-08-19 22:07 ` Richard Harvey Chapman
2008-08-20 2:28 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2008-08-19 22:36 ` Richard Harvey Chapman
2008-08-19 16:45 ` Richard Harvey Chapman
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