[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] change one bit fields to unsigned

Reimar Döffinger Reimar.Doeffinger
Tue Jul 8 21:48:11 CEST 2008


On Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 12:30:46PM -0700, Erik Hovland wrote:
> The sign of one bit fields is entirely compiler dependent it seems. But
> it is a good idea to declare them as unsigned since gcc usually treats
> using just 'int' as signed.

Except 4.2.0 which treats them always as 0 (another 30 minutes wasted
due to a compiler bug back then).
In light of above, I wouldn't mind it, it seems more reliable, but the
question is why do you want this change? Why would it matter if it is
signed or unsigned?

Greetings,
Reimar D?ffinger




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