Re: Question

On 11 Jun 2008 21:23:46 GMT, richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Tobin) wrote:

In article <1292858.4WXqv0htDk@xxxxxxxx>, Max <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can I ask C questions here?

I don't know. Why not give it a try and see if you're up to it?

If I compile this function

unsigned short div(unsigned short a, unsigned short b)
{
return a / b;
}

with warnings turned on, I am informed that

Warning test.c: 3 Assignment of int to unsigned short. Possible loss of precision
Warning test.c: 4 Assignment of int to unsigned short. Possible loss of precision
Warning test.c: 4 Assignment of int to unsigned short. Possible loss of precision

(line 3 is the line with the return statement, line 4
is the line with the closing brace)

(1) What does that mean, specifically, what is precision
in this context?

(2) How do I get rid of them? I tried all sorts of casts,
unsuccessfully. In a program with lots of such functions,
real problems can easily get lost, but I don't want to
disable warnings.


.

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