[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/developer: Add terse documentation of assumed C implementation defined behavior

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Fri Apr 28 03:50:42 EEST 2017


Suggested-by: "Ronald S. Bultje" <rsbultje at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
---
 doc/developer.texi | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index dbe1f5421f..a948113792 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ designated struct initializers (@samp{struct s x = @{ .i = 17 @};});
 
 @item
 compound literals (@samp{x = (struct s) @{ 17, 23 @};}).
+
+ at item
+Implementation defined behavior for signed integers is assumed to match the
+expected for Twos complement. Non representable values in integer casts are binary
+truncated. Shift right of signed values uses sign extension.
 @end itemize
 
 These features are supported by all compilers we care about, so we will not
-- 
2.11.0



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