Re: some snippets from make381

[Markus Mauhart]

"Markus Mauhart"  wrote ...
>
> yes, but 'result' is used not only for ISTRING_COMPARE, but for every
> substraction seen in this function:
>
>  result = x->ctime - y->ctime;
>  result = x->ino[0] - y->ino[0];
>  result = x->dev - y->dev;
>
> Currently I cant swear where to expect value truncation, but IIRC it
> happens 100% in theory and regulary in 64bit-practice.

"truncation" means ...

  int result =  0xb12345678
              - 0xa12345678 ;//in theory undefined, but typically truncation.
  return result             ;//zero instead of non-zero.