use unsigned int x = 4294967294UL; ^^ regards Al > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf > Of sam alexander > Sent: 15 March 2002 07:16 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Useless compiler warning in GCC, how can i silence it? >>> Hi >> The useless compiler warning is this: >> warning: decimal constant is so large that it is unsigned >> I KNOW that it's unsigned, and it's supposed to be. It's the > right hand > side of an initialization like this: >> unsigned int x = 4294967294; >> I'd just ignore it as a minor annoyance, but my boss insists > that I find a > way to silence it (he doesn't know C himself). >> Thank you very much in advance. Please reply to my email as I'm not > subscribed to the list... P.S. I already tried typecasting > the large > constant as an unsigned int, as if to tell the compiler that > I was well > aware it was too large to be signed, but that didn't help. >> Sam >> _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >>> -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ >> -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/