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Sun Studio 12: C++ User's Guide

Checking for Sign Extension

You can also use the -xport64 option to check for situations in which the normal ISO C value-preserving rules allow for the extension of the sign of a signed-integral value in an expression of unsigned-integral type. Such sign extensions can cause subtle run-time bugs.


example% cat test3.c
int i= -1;
void promo(unsigned long l) {}

int main() {
    unsigned long l;
    l = i;  // warn
    promo(i);       // warn
}
example% CC -c -xarch=v9 -Qoption ccfe -xport64=full test3.c
"test3.c", line 6: Warning: Sign extension from "int" to 64-bit integer.
"test3.c", line 7: Warning: Sign extension from "int" to 64-bit integer.
2 Warning(s) detected.