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Horst Kraemer  
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 More options Feb 8 1999, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug
From: horst.krae...@snafu.de (Horst Kraemer)
Date: 1999/02/08
Subject: Re: gcc -Wconversion and function with char argument
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On Mon, 08 Feb 1999 14:09:07 +0100, ludovic.wa...@inist.fr (Ludovic

WALLE) wrote:
> When I try to compile the following source file chararg.c:

>      void f (char c) {}

>      int main ()
>      {
>          f ('A');
>      }

> with the -Wconversion option:

>      gcc -Wconversion chararg.c

> I get the message:

>      chararg.c: In function `main':
>      chararg.c:5: warning: passing arg 1 of `f' with different
>      width due to prototype

> It seems to happend with any function having a char argument.

Correct. Perhaps you misunderstood the meaning of '-Wconversion'.

-Wconversion warns whenever the declaration

        void f (char c);

would lead to a different conversion sequence than the prototype-less
declaration

        void f();

If you call f('A') then the argument 'A' has type int.

If f is declared as 'void f(char)' then 'A' will be converted to char
before it is passed to f. If f is declared as 'void f()' then 'A' will
be passed to f "as is", i.e. as an int.

Regards
Horst


 
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