Re: [TESTSUITE] assert (char == signed char)

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at ges dot redhat dot com>]

> Neil Booth wrote:
>
> > Michael Snyder wrote:-
> > > There seem to be some tests in the testsuite that are
> > > based on the assumption that chars are signed, and that
> > > will fail if they are unsigned.
That isn't correct.

> > > Eg:
> > > sizeof.exp: check valueof ((int) (char)) -1 == -1
> > > (prints 255 if char == unsigned)
sizeof.exp's purpose in life is to check that GDB and the running 
program agree about the funamental points of life (such as the sizeof an 
int or the signof char).

> > > pointers.exp: ptype pC
> > > (outputs "unsigned char *" if char == unsigned)
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?  Should these be regularized to accept unsigned?
> > > Should it be based on a configure variable?
> > I'd pass -fsigned-char; that's done in some other tests.
That would be silly :-)   The failure strongly suggests that something 
is skewiff.

> To gcc?  Problem is, what if it isn't gcc?  As eg. Irix cc?
Michael, I think you might have a GDB bug.

Andrew