Re: [boost] Fwd: Re: Is const int a signed integer type?

From: Gabriel Dos Reis (Gabriel.Dos-Reis_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-19 16:02:34

Beman Dawes <beman_at_[hidden]> writes:

| Here is a response to Jesse Jones' query from Mike Miller (the C++ 
| committee's core language working group chair).
| 
| I'll respond to him suggesting that there is in fact a defect; the readers 
| were "knowledgeable" and yet they reached the opposite conclusion.
| 
| Regardless of that, no one else has challenged Mike's answers to the 
| questions, so I expect his interpretation is what most of the core working 
| group believes.

I do find Mike's answer as reflecting my understanding of the
Standard.  Actually, I'm surprised it can be read in a way which might
imply "const int" is not signed :-)

-- Gaby