Re: infinite for-loop and related question

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On 02/16/2011 12:41 PM, Jason Mancini wrote:
Though I still find the output of this odd:

   for (char i(1); i>0; ++i)
     printf("%d %d\n", i, sizeof(i));

...
362195 1
362196 1
362197 1
...

For very large values of char!  ^_^

Jason
That's odd. With g++ 4.4.5 on an x86-64 machine in 64-bit mode I get:

---
125 1
126 1
127 1

which is what I would expect. That is, i is a (signed) char, and when it goes over 127 it becomes a negative number, so the loop terminates.

--Bob





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