On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Måns Rullgård <m...@mansr.com> wrote:

> aviad rozenhek <avia...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >>
> >> unary minus operator applied to unsigned type, result still unsigned
> >
> > I get this compiler warning when using any if the specialized AVERROR_XXX
> > macros, like AVERROR_BSF_NOT_FOUND or AVERROR_DECODER_NOT_FOUND.
> >
> > the reason is because
> >
> >> #define AVERROR_BSF_NOT_FOUND      (-MKTAG(0xF8,'B','S','F')) ///<
> >> Bitstream filter not found
> >
> > and the result from MKTAG is *unsigned* .
>
> Well, that's bad.
>
> > therefore I suggest to change the code thusly:
> >
> > #define DEFINE_AVERROR(a, b, c, d)  (-(int32_t)MKTAG(a, b, c, d))
>
> That conversion is undefined, so it's no good.  The correct solution is
> to define the error code in such a way that it is properly signed from
> the start.  MKTAG(-7,'B','S','F') might do it.
>
>
hmm... If I read it correctly, MKTAG is unsigned by definition, regardless
of input


> #define MKTAG(a,b,c,d) ((a) | ((b) << 8) | ((c) << 16) | ((*unsigned*)(d)
> << 24))




-- 
Aviad Rozenhek
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