John Marshall wrote:
> > double test1 = 0.2;
> > int test2 = 5;
> >
> > StrIToA(debugstring1, (int) (0.2 > 5));
> > StrIToA(debugstring2, (int) (test1 > test2));
>
> If StrIToA is not causing link errors, it must be that there is a
> declaration in scope to tell the compiler it's a systrap. Let's assume
> that Nathan isn't psychotic and so didn't declare it himself, so that
> declaration is the prototype from StringMgr.h.
I never took that assumption. That it is from StringMgr.h. I'll follow your lead if
you are making that assumption.
> Thence, since there's a prototype in scope, even if the parameter were not an Int32,
>it'd get converted to one before StrIToA was
> called.
This hasn't been my experience with all C compilers.
> That typecasting you added isn't changing anything at all. (Well, except that
>adding your typecast to `StrIToA (buf, 65540)'
> would *introduce* a bug.)
To let you know where this is coming from, I have found this to be very useful when
working with quasi-compliant C compilers; mostly
from the 8-bit microcontroller world. That typecasting I have done has avoided many a
compiler bug since to due a lot of
non-standard implementations. Many compilers that don't have the ANSI seal of
approval uses explicit typecasting for just the
problems that have been mentioned.
> John "Good grief. Is it Friday afternoon yet? :-)"
When it is, I'll buy the first round since we both have offices in Santa Clara. :)
Steve
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