Strange GCC short int conversion warning

Question

I have a bit of C code, which goes exactly like this:

short int fun16(void){
    short int a = 2;
    short int b = 2;
    return a+b;
}

Wh

Answer 1

If an int can represent all values of the original type, the value is converted to an int; otherwise, it is converted to an unsigned int. These are called the integer promotions. All other types are unchanged by the integer promotions.

Refer the following post: Why must a short be converted to an int before arithmetic operations in C and C++?