Full LONG_MAX & co. patch over 5.003_05

This patch contains the changes I've collected for the various _MAX issues
since 5.003_05. No patches issued between 5.003_05 and this one should be
applied, use this one instead.

The effect is to remove the CHAR_* and I8_* constants (which are
ambiguous) and to explicitly cast all of the constants.

diff --git a/handy.h b/handy.h
index d222cc0..27eebd7 100644 (file)
--- a/handy.h
+++ b/handy.h
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 
 typedef char           I8;
 typedef unsigned char  U8;
-#define I8_MAX PERL_CHAR_MAX
-#define I8_MIN PERL_CHAR_MIN
+/* I8_MAX and I8_MIN constants are not defined, as I8 is an ambiguous type.
+   Please search CHAR_MAX in perl.h for further details. */
 #define U8_MAX PERL_UCHAR_MAX
 #define U8_MIN PERL_UCHAR_MIN