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Hello,

On Nov 28, 2007, at 01:36, der Mouse wrote:

>> is there a good reason why OF handles, node numbers etc. are
>> represented as int in our code?  As far as I can tell using a signed
>> type here only causes trouble since at least node numbers may well
>> have the upper bit set.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but, what difference does it make if
> some of the values happen to be negative?  They're just opaque  
> handles,
> right?

People (including myself at times ) keep running into the trap of  
checking node numbers for >0, which apparently works on some machines  
( not macs though ). Since there is no reason for node numbers and  
handles to be signed as far as I can see I want to make them unsigned.

have fun
Michael
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