lfpinit() signed or unsigned?

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>:
> Yo Eric!
> 
> > > > Would it help to have another signed type?    
> > > 
> > > The short answer is "no".  The longer answer:  
> > 
> > I'm starting to disagree, I see a need for only a signed type.
> > 
> > Too often the unsigned type is then used to compute offsets and the
> > casts get ugly.
> 
> Gack...  I gotta do a quick U-turn on this.  I found some pretty hidden
> assumptions that I did not expect in the code.  Assumptions that I will
> document, in the code, for the next poor soul that looks at this.

Good.  Keep digging, and learn to be properly terrified.  Somebody other
than me should grok this (and know the fear).
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