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Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:02:09 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: Olivier Perron <perron AT art DOT alcatel DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: About gcc warning messages
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Olivier Perron wrote:
> I can't find in gcc docs how to tell gcc to emit a warning message when
> the code contains following statement:
> 
>         a = b;
> 
> when a is defined as a short and b as a long.
> 
> I think gcc should emit a warning message telling that the conversion may
> loose some significant digits, or something like that.

I looked it over and can't find anything either, so it looks as though
it's not implemented.  Perhaps you should suggest it to the GCC people. 
Send mail to <bug-gcc AT gnu DOT org>.
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Nate Eldredge
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