Hello, In this example: #include<stdlib.h> #include<string.h> int main() { strspn("hello","h"); return 0; } I obtain a warning as: test.c:4:5: warning: conversion to ‘size_t’ from ‘int’ may change the sign of the result If I compile the program with the options: gcc -Wconversion -O test.c -o test The warning appears with -O, -O1, -O2 and -O3, but not with -O0. The warning appears in gcc 4.5 and 4.6 but not in previous releases. I'm using: For gcc 4.5 series: Debian GNU/Linux Sid gcc 4.5.2 from Debian repos Pentium M, 1.3 GHz For gcc 4.6 series: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gcc 4.6.0 20110115 compiled by hand from http://gcc.gnu.org/ Intel Xeon X5650 2.67 GHz -- ***************************************** José Luis García Pallero jgpallero@xxxxxxxxx (o< / / \ V_/_ Use Debian GNU/Linux and enjoy! *****************************************