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Re: [TESTSUITE] assert (char == signed char)
- From: Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>
- To: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:27:50 -0700
- Subject: Re: [TESTSUITE] assert (char == signed char)
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <3D5AC6F4.8D119BF4@redhat.com> <20020814220650.GB12340@daikokuya.co.uk>
Neil Booth wrote:
>
> Michael Snyder wrote:-
>
> > There seem to be some tests in the testsuite that are
> > based on the assumption that chars are signed, and that
> > will fail if they are unsigned.
> >
> > Eg:
> > sizeof.exp: check valueof ((int) (char)) -1 == -1
> > (prints 255 if char == unsigned)
> >
> > pointers.exp: ptype pC
> > (outputs "unsigned char *" if char == unsigned)
> >
> > Any thoughts? Should these be regularized to accept unsigned?
> > Should it be based on a configure variable?
>
> I'd pass -fsigned-char; that's done in some other tests.
To gcc? Problem is, what if it isn't gcc? As eg. Irix cc?