[Dar-libdar_api] Re: [Dar-discussions] Re: problem testing infinint value

[Denis C. <dar...@fr...>]

Johnathan Burchill wrote:
> On June 24, 2004 01:36 pm, Denis Corbin wrote:
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> Ah! The missing code was
> 
> #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
> #include <config.h>
> #endif
> 
> And it has to be at the beginning of the .cpp files.
> Thanks for the suggestion!

Do you mean

        #include <dar/config.h>

?

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> [...]
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>>for what it seems, the constant '1' in the expression, is cast as "long"
>>before being given to the limitint constructor. This is wrong because
>>there limitint is *unsigned* and cannot be built from *signed* integers.
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> 
> [...]
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>>To fix the problem, I suggest an explicit cast:
>>
>>	if (st.errored == libdar::infinint((U_I)1) plural = " ";
>>
>>U_I is a libdar macro, system independent, matching an unsigned integer.
>>(see "libdar/integers.hpp"), but if you prefer you can safely replace it
>>by "unsigned int".
> 
> 
> Signed long integers I can pass to the infinint constructor, and it work 
> okay. They must get cast implicitly by the library.

yes, probably.

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>>Cheers,
>>Denis.
>>
>>P.S.: it should be more appropriate to post to lidar-api mailing-list
>>rather than to this general discussion mailing-list for such problems.
>>Thanks.
> 
> 
> No problem --- I should have considered this in the first place.

No problem ;-)

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> [...]
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> Cheers,
> JB
> 

Cheers,
Denis.