On Thu, 2014-02-27 at 12:55 -0800, Christopher Li wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Maybe the evaluate.c "size = bits_in_char;" assignment
> >
> > if (size == 1 && is_bool_type(type)) {
> > - warning(expr->pos, "expression using sizeof bool");
> > + if (Wsizeof_bool)
> > + warning(expr->pos, "expression using sizeof bool");
> > size = bits_in_char;
> > }
> >
> > should be
> >
> > size = sizeof(_Bool) * 8;
>
> The reason to use bits_in_xxxx is to allow sparse application to over write
> the size of int etc. If you don't like the bits_in_char here. You can introduce
> bits_in_bool and set that to sizeof(Bool)*8 by default. That way you don't
> hard code it.
There already is a bits_in_bool and it's default 1.
$ git grep -E "\bbits_in_\w+\s*=[^=]"
lib.c: bits_in_long = 64;
lib.c: bits_in_pointer = 64;
target.c:int bits_in_bool = 1;
target.c:int bits_in_char = 8;
target.c:int bits_in_short = 16;
target.c:int bits_in_int = 32;
target.c:int bits_in_long = 32;
target.c:int bits_in_longlong = 64;
target.c:int bits_in_longlonglong = 128;
target.c:int bits_in_float = 32;
target.c:int bits_in_double = 64;
target.c:int bits_in_longdouble = 80;
target.c:int bits_in_pointer = 32;
target.c:int bits_in_enum = 32;
> > And also, in sparse.1, Josh Triplett is shown as
> > the maintainer. Maybe that should be changed to
> > Christopher Li
>
> Maybe a separate patch.
That's fine with me too. If you're the maintainer,
I think you should do that patch. I don't see a need
for me to send any more right now though.
cheers, Joe
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