Re: [PATCH] Suppress Clang 3.9 warnings

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Aleksander Alekseev <a(dot)alekseev(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Suppress Clang 3.9 warnings
Date: 2017-02-22 14:43:34
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1702221532100.22403@lancre
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Hello Aleksander,

> ```
> xloginsert.c:742:18: warning: implicit conversion from 'int' to 'char'
> changes value from 253 to -3 [-Wconstant-conversion]
> ```

There is a bunch of these in "xlog.c" as well, and the same code is used
in "pg_resetwal.c".

> Patch that fixes these warnings is attached to this email.

My 0.02€:

I'm not at ease at putting the thing bluntly under the carpet with a cast.

Why not update the target type to "unsigned char" instead, so that no cast
is needed and the value compatibility is checked by the compiler? I guess
there would be some more changes (question is how much), but it would be
cleaner.

--
Fabien.

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