issue with Microsoft compiler

[Marc Glisse]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, Paul Zimmermann wrote:

>       Hi,
>
> someone reported to me the following issue:
>
>   Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 19.34.31937 for x64
>
>   will not compile line 2230 in gmp.h:
>
>      *__gmp_rp = (- *__gmp_up) & GMP_NUMB_MASK;
>
>   giving error C4146: unary minus operator applied to unsigned type,
>   result still unsigned.
>
> Just in case this warning can be avoided.

It has been doing that for a long time, for instance
https://gmplib.org/list-archives/gmp-discuss/2004-September/001332.html

and with some options (like /sdl ?) it is turned into an error. It may be 
that /external:someoption helps disable it without disabling warnings for 
the user's code.

It is certainly possible to avoid the warning, either with a pragma or 
with different code, but until now, the policy has been to tell people to 
disable this non-sensical behavior in visual studio or use a better 
compiler. I don't have a strong opinion here.

-- 
Marc Glisse