http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49626
Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2011.07.12 13:56:39 CC| |jason at gcc dot gnu.org Component|c++ |c Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-07-12 13:56:39 UTC --- This does seem like a bug, since the documentation says "An explicit cast silences the warning." This bug also affects the C front end, so I'm changing the category to C. unsigned long f() { short sh; return (unsigned int)sh; }