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authorMichael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>2017-04-28 02:50:42 +0200
committerMichael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>2017-05-01 17:59:10 +0200
commitb706ddbae3f4a11c58560b914807931556108b55 (patch)
treec424fe845f39e57506c358ff61449da8ae158a11 /doc
parent63b8d4146d78595638417e431ea390aaf01f560f (diff)
doc/developer: Add terse documentation of assumed C implementation defined behavior
Suggested-by: "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael@niedermayer.cc>
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@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ designated struct initializers (@samp{struct s x = @{ .i = 17 @};});
@item
compound literals (@samp{x = (struct s) @{ 17, 23 @};}).
+
+@item
+Implementation defined behavior for signed integers is assumed to match the
+expected behavior for two's complement. Non representable values in integer
+casts are binary truncated. Shift right of signed values uses sign extension.
@end itemize
These features are supported by all compilers we care about, so we will not