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Re: [PATCH] diffcore.h: be explicit about the signedness of is_binary

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2014, 17:55 UTC
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Richard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net> writes:
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> Bitfields need to specify their signedness explicitly or the compiler is
> free to default as it sees fit.  With compilers that default 'unsigned'
> (SUNWspro 12 seems to do this) the tri-state nature of is_binary
> vanishes and all files are treated as binary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Lowe <richlowe@richlowe.net>
> ---
Looks good; thanks.
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>  diffcore.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/diffcore.h b/diffcore.h
> index 79de8cf..7c6f391 100644
> --- a/diffcore.h
> +++ b/diffcore.h
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct diff_filespec {
>  	unsigned is_stdin : 1;
>  	unsigned has_more_entries : 1; /* only appear in combined diff */
>  	/* data should be considered "binary"; -1 means "don't know yet" */
> -	int is_binary : 2;
> +	signed int is_binary : 2;
>  	struct userdiff_driver *driver;
>  };
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  1. diffcore.h: be explicit about the signedness of is_binaryRichard Lowe, Feb 24, 2014
  2. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2014
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2014

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