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ASF GitHub Bot commented on THRIFT-3831: ---------------------------------------- GitHub user jmesmon opened a pull request: https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1085 THRIFT-3831 in test/cpp explicitly use `signed char` `char`'s signed-ness is implimentation dependent, and in the case where `char` was not signed, we previously recieved errors like thrift/0.9.3-r0/git/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp:404:15: error: narrowing conversion of '-127' from 'int' to 'char' inside { } [-Wnarrowing] (This example from gcc-6 on arm) You can merge this pull request into a Git repository by running: $ git pull https://github.com/jmesmon/thrift thrift-3831-use-signed-char Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at: https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/1085.patch To close this pull request, make a commit to your master/trunk branch with (at least) the following in the commit message: This closes #1085 ---- commit 353ab11c3402265b62d865a24427b53e75fe1c5f Author: Cody P Schafer <d...@codyps.com> Date: 2016-09-09T19:50:26Z THRIFT-3831 in test/cpp explicitly use `signed char` `char`'s signed-ness is implimentation dependent, and in the case where `char` was not signed, we previously recieved errors like thrift/0.9.3-r0/git/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp:404:15: error: narrowing conversion of '-127' from 'int' to 'char' inside { } [-Wnarrowing] (This example from gcc-6 on arm) ---- > build of test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp fails with newer gcc on platforms with > unsigned char due to narrowing conversions > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: THRIFT-3831 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3831 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Bug > Components: C++ - Library > Reporter: Cody Schafer > Attachments: 0001-test-cpp-explicitly-use-signed-char.patch > > > Specifically, we get a bunch of errors like: > test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp:404:15: error: narrowing conversion > of '-1' from 'int' to 'char' inside { } [-Wnarrowing] > gcc faq talks about this: https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FAQ#Wnarrowing > I've only seen this in gcc-6, but the faq seems to indicate it could occur in > gcc-5 as well. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)