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system_data_types.7: wfix 

A limit can be defined by other than POSIX

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Alejandro Colomar 2020-09-21 16:47:15 +02:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ or
should be used.
When copying from the temporary variable to the destination variable,
the value could overflow.
If POSIX provides lower and upper limits to the type,
If the type has upper and lower limits,
the user should check that the value is within those limits,
before actually copying the value.
The example below shows how these conversions should be done.