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The future of 32-bit Linux

The future of 32-bit Linux

Posted Dec 5, 2020 11:50 UTC (Sat) by warrax (subscriber, #103205)
In reply to: The future of 32-bit Linux by ncm
Parent article: The future of 32-bit Linux

> can often be recompiled to use an unsigned 32-bit value there, taking them up into 2106.

I'm a bit curious about this, actually. It's been a while since doing anything serious in C/C++, but wouldn't a signed -> unsigned change be rife for UB due to implicit conversions?


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