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From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
To: Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>
Cc: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: ubsan: d-demangle.c:214 signed integer overflow
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 10:46:33 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3mu21fpja.fsf@pepe.airs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1599495434.jv2yj3bzch.astroid@galago.none> (Iain Buclaw's message of "Mon, 07 Sep 2020 18:17:48 +0200")

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> writes:

> Excerpts from Alan Modra's message of September 7, 2020 2:56 am:
>> On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 06:23:10PM +0200, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>>> If we're already using limits.h, I guess it should be fine to also add
>>> 
>>> #define UINT_MAX ((unsigned) ~0U)
>> 
>> Yes, except that I'll use the simpler fall-back
>> #define UINT_MAX (~0U)
>> 
>> The habit of using a cast for unsigned constants dates back to K&R C
>> where a U suffix was not valid.  For example, from libiberty/strtol.c
>> #define	ULONG_MAX	((unsigned long)(~0L))
>> 
>> Since the code uses ISO/ANSI C features such as prototypes I think
>> we're OK with a U suffix.  And if there's something I'm missing then
>> #define UINT_MAX ((unsigned) ~0)
>> would be correct for K&R.
>> 
>>> I'll leave it to your judgement on that though.
>>> 
>>> Other than that, OK from me.
>> 
>> Do I need an OK from Ian too?
>> 
>
> As it only touches D support files, I'd say no.

I agree.

Ian

  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-07 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-03 13:01 Alan Modra
2020-09-03 21:02 ` Iain Buclaw
2020-09-04  0:59   ` Alan Modra
2020-09-04 11:22     ` Iain Buclaw
2020-09-04 13:34       ` Alan Modra
2020-09-04 16:23         ` Iain Buclaw
2020-09-07  0:56           ` Alan Modra
2020-09-07 16:17             ` Iain Buclaw
2020-09-07 17:46               ` Ian Lance Taylor [this message]
2020-11-13 19:04         ` Jeff Law

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