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Re: I think b630937 (SvUOK docs) is wrong

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From:
Karl Williamson
Date:
January 23, 2013 19:00
Subject:
Re: I think b630937 (SvUOK docs) is wrong
Message ID:
51003336.20004@khwilliamson.com
On 01/18/2013 04:56 AM, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 06:28:15PM -0500, bulk88 wrote:
>> davem, do you have an opinion on khw's
>>> What would the implications be of changing the macro to match the prior
>>> documentation, and return true if it is indeed SvIOK with a positive
>>> number?
>>
>> which I understand to mean adding lt/gt check against the UV/IV in
>> SvUOK macro?
>
> I don't like this idea. I'm happy with your suggested doc change, which
> documents the status quo:
>
>> Returns a boolean indicating whether the SV contains an integer which
>> must be interpreted as unsigned. An integer whose value is within the
>> range of both an IV and an UV maybe be flagged as either.
>

Now changed with commit a6ceea0637411cc48e4e043c7d222d707dd3611a

I changed Darin's wording slightly so as to not imply that a negative 
number could be SvUOK.

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