Unsignedness
"Unsignedness" in a Sentence (3 examples)
You're quite right: bits are bits, and the "signedness" or "unsignedness" of a given bit pattern depends strictly on your point of view.
Under ANSI C, the wider type's signedness or unsignedness prevails if the resulting value can be stored in that type, otherwise unsignedness prevails.
Earlier versions of GCC would try to preserve unsignedness.