On 12/28/2011 05:56 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Can anyone name a real system on which forming a pointer like this, > "buffer + (size_t)(-1)" actually provokes a trap or some other real problem?
I don't know of particular hardware where this would trap (alpha can be configured to trap on integer overflow I think). Your change is worth it for clarity at least. cheers, Pádraig.
