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

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-10-19 19:41:11

Jesse Jones wrote:

 > ... The standard says:
 >
 >1) There are four signed integral types: signed char, short int, int, and
 >long int. [3.9.1]
 >
 >2) Each cv-unqualified type has three cv-qualified "versions" of its 
type:
 >a const version, a volatile version, and a const volatile version. 
However
 >these are distinct types. [3.9.3]
 >
 >Miller seems to think this can be read as allowing const int to be a 
signed
 >integral type, but I still don't buy it.

He wasn't just reading those sentences, but also looking at the other 
material about value representation.

Anyhow, I'll press on with a defect report.

But the result will almost certainly be that const int is a signed integral 
type, and so forth.

--Beman