lfpinit() signed or unsigned?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Thu, 09 Mar 2017 12:16:38 -0800
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> esr at thyrsus.com said:
> > It doesn't matter.  All those calculations are casted to within an
> > inch of their lives. :-)   
> 
> Would it help to have another signed type?

From what I can tell, until 2038, l_fp never uses the top bit, except to
do sidewise fake at goping negative.  I see no reason l_fp can not be
signed.  We'll know soon....

RGDS
GARY
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