On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 09:59:27AM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
> > Wouldn't casts have had the same effect?  e.g.:
> > 
> > 	if (*p == (unsigned char)c) ...
> 
> Probably - any reason you'd prefer it? I suppose there will not be any 
> difference in the generated code (but did not actually try).

I'd expect the generated code to be the same, but haven't checked.  I
prefer the cast because I think it's less likely that somebody will come
along later and think "this variable looks useless, let's remove it".

--apb (Alan Barrett)