Re: tar 1.19 - vms time_t is unsigned long. [partial patch[

[Ben Pfaff]

"John E. Malmberg" <address@hidden> writes:

> A mask is needed because of an extension that most C compilers have
> that allow ((unsigned int) -1)  to be tested as being less than 0
> through operand promotion.

The C standard requires (unsigned int) -1 to have the same type
and value as UINT_MAX.  A C compiler that evaluates ((unsigned
int) -1) < 0 as true is buggy.
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Ben Pfaff 
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