Puzzle on unsigned promotions

[Chris Torek]

In article <565 at unh.UUCP> jeff at unh.UUCP (Jeffrey E. F. Friedl) writes:
>... no where in K&R-I can I find where it specifically
>stipulates that the conversion from unsigned short to a larger unsigned
>int is done by zero padding and not sign (sign with an unsigned?) extending.
>... The main problem is K&R's use of terms and fonts.

No, actually, the main problem is that K&R C has only one unsigned
type, namely unsigned int.  Unsigned short, unsigned char, and unsigned
long do not exist in K&R 1st ed.
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