

type promotion        Technical Information        type promotion




In arithmetic  expressions, COHERENT promotes one  signed type to
another signed type  by sign extension, and promotes one unsigned
type to another unsigned type by zero padding.  For example, char
promotes to int by sign extension, whereas unsigned char promotes
to unsigned int by zero padding.

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