[Freeciv-Dev] Re: patch for "ran out of continents in client" bug

[David Pfitzner <dwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Pfitzner wrote:

[ changing tile.continent from char to _signed_ short ]

> Yes, it makes it clear its deliberate; that raises the question
> when reading the code of _why_ its deliberate, which I'm still 
> not sure of... :-/

Well, I notice map_get_continent() returns -1 for y out of 
range, which may be a good enough reason to keep it signed...

-- David