Re:My personal C coding style as of late 2023
by epcoa on Monday October 09, 2023 @05:29PM
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> If the buffer doesn't have a width of 256, 65536, or 4294967296, then you're out of luck
Why so much hyperbole?
You’re not out of luck. You can atomic increment/add the unsigned no matter the buffer size. You don’t worry about overflow like you would with a signed type. You can mask after.
And you continue to avoid answering the simple question: what is the advantage of the signed type. I’ve already outlined the one with unsigned, especially with atomics.
Why so much hyperbole? You’re not out of luck. You can atomic increment/add the unsigned no matter the buffer size. You don’t worry about overflow like you would with a signed type. You can mask after.
And you continue to avoid answering the simple question: what is the advantage of the signed type. I’ve already outlined the one with unsigned, especially with atomics.