Re: 2s complement test?
Bjorn Fahller wrote:
Francis Glassborow wrote:
In article <1169246600.510023.47400@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
Andrei Polushin <polushin@gmail.com> writes
In general, any suitable mix of bitwise and arithmetic operators is
sufficient for such test.
At run time, but we need more care at compile time because it has to be
something that the compiler is required to evaluate.
Ah, but of course. Hmm. This obvious observation makes me think my goal
may
not be achievable. Is a cross-compiler required to make arithmetics the
same way as the intended target platform?
What about meta-programming? Google for "compile time assertion". I
don't remember the exact details, but it goes something like the following:
template <typename T>
struct is_2s_comp_t
{
enum { is_2s_complement = -1; }
};
template<>
struct is_2s_comp<int>
{
enum { is_2s_complement = (( ~T(0) + 1 ) == 0) ? -1 : 0 };
}
template<typename T>
struct is_2s_comp_tester
{
static int arr_[is_2s_comp<T>::is_2s_complement];
}
This will generate a compiler error if the target is not a 2's complement.
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