Re: rewrote DECIMAL_DIGIT_ACCUMULATE to no longer need typeof

[Jim Meyering]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
>> this new version of the macro always fails for signed
>> accumulators.  Why?
>
> I'll be a little long-winded here, not for your benefit (you know this
> stuff!) but for others who are reading along.

Thanks for the explanation and fix.

> 2005-07-05  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
>
>       * src/system.h (DECIMAL_DIGIT_ACCUMULATE): Generate a hard error
>       (not just a warning) if GCC is used and the types don't match.
>
> --- system.h.~1.130.~ 2005-07-04 23:14:06.000000000 -0700
> +++ system.h  2005-07-05 15:12:42.000000000 -0700
> @@ -811,13 +811,18 @@ ptr_align (void const *ptr, size_t align
>     then don't update Accum and return false to indicate it would
>     overflow.  Otherwise, set Accum to that new value and return true.
>     Verify at compile-time that Type is Accum's type, and that Type is
> -   unsigned.  Accum must be an object, so that we can take its address.
> -   Accum and Digit_val may be evaluated multiple times.  */
> +   unsigned.  Accum must be an object, so that we can take its
> +   address.  Accum and Digit_val may =be evaluated multiple times.

I've removed that stray `='.