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i have to ask..
- From: Timothy Daly <remote_bob at yahoo dot com>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:43:07 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: i have to ask..
Why would you write (unsigned) -1? For example, in
ldwrite.c line 533:
if (config.split_by_reloc != (unsigned) -1
Has this somehow become idiomatic for "largest
unsigned int
value"? Is that common practice, and I was unaware of
it? Will it
always be correct?
-Tim
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