Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:58:51AM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
>> John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> | On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 05:23:56PM +0100, Angus Leeming wrote:
>> >
>> >> Urggggs. Doesn't cmd[-1] mean cmd[cmd.length()-2]. Some nasty c-ism?
>> >
>> | No, it means what it says, one before the start of the array in this
>> | case.
>>
>> Right ... except for the case where -1 is of char type.... then it is
>> (afaik) promoted to int first... and you can get -1 or 255 depending
>> on the signedness of char.
>
| A '-1' literal is always of type 'int'.
nit picker...
char c = -1;
and substitue if you didn't get it.
--
Lgb
