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Some C programmers take the view that unsigneds have too many disadvantages: undefined behaviour for overflows, and weird type promotion rules. So, they try and
by zero_shift 1y ago
Some C programmers take the view that unsigneds have too many disadvantages: undefined behaviour for overflows, and weird type promotion rules. So, they try and avoid uints.
- tekne 1y agoUmm, signed integers are UB on overflow; unsigned is always fine.
- zero_shift 1y agoSorry, you are correct. I don't think unsigned overflow behaviour was defined until C99 though. Anyway, in answer to the question, I would guess the reason was because of signed / unsigned type promotion.