short to int

[Laserve]

I have the following code:

typedef struct X
{
  const short x;
} X;

int func(void)
{
  X x = { 3 };

  return x.x;
}

So you see that the x member is of short type but func returns an int, not a short. Would there be a problem with this code?

[Salem]

Well putting const inside your struct makes it a tad inconvenient to use.
From a type point of view, nothing particular stands out.

[cwr]

There's never an issue from going from short to int because all values of short are guaranteed to fit inside an int.

[Afrinux]

Some compilers might give you a warning, but I dont think it will affect the results.
I am a little puzzled here, why do use const in your data structure?

[Laserve]

Some compilers might give you a warning, but I dont think it will affect the results.
I am a little puzzled here, why do use const in your data structure?

The original code is written by somebody who uses const a lot, just to express that vars cant be changed. My own opinion would be to mostly use const for pointers really.