Re: shame on MISRA

Marcin Wolcendorf wrote:
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:20:53 -0400, CBFalconer wrote:
Marcin Wolcendorf wrote:

...
Well, having ~0U is not quite enough; I want to use it :). So I
did: uint16_t some_variable = (uint16_t)(~0U);
(effectively- all #defines, ...) to have 0xffff in some_variable.
It was enough to trigger the rule.

Ignoring Misra, that is not as accurate as "unsigned = -1", which
will set all bits to one everywhere.

Are there situations, when ~0 won't set all 1s? The only one I can
think of that late that could be dangerous is:
unsigned long long var = ~0;
Right?

Wrong. C representation may be sign/magnitude or 1's complement.

2's comp: -1 ---> -0x0001 ---> 0xffff
~ 1 ---> ~0x0001 ---> 0xffff (note NOT sign)
1's comp: -1 ---> -0x0001 ---> 0xffff
~ 1 ---> ~0x0001 ---> 0xfffe (note NOT sign)
sign mag: -1 ---> -0x0001 ---> 0xffff
~ 1 ---> ~0x0001 ---> 0xfffe (note NOT sign)

because of the rules for bringing unsigned into range.

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