Re: mixed-sign arithmetic and auto
Francis Glassborow wrote:
Walter Bright wrote:
g++ 4.1 has 40 options that explicitly modify C++ language behavior.
That's 40 factorial interactions. I suspect there are more, like the
aforementioned integer optimizations.
Not according to my math. Assuming that each switch is simply on/off
there are 2^40 (yes a very big number but many orders of magnitude less
than the one you state. 2^40 will fit without overflow into a 64-bit
integer type 40 factorial won't. That matters in the context of what we
are discussing)
While your math is right (and mine was wrong), it doesn't matter. The
universe will end before you can test all combinations of those switches
with the test suite. Then, there are all the other g++ switches, which
go on for pages.
Furthermore I am not sure that all the options are compatible with each
other. If they are not then the alternatives get further reduced.
Sure, but can you get them all tested before the sun turns into a red giant?
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