From:	dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Subject:	Re: long long vs long
4 Aug 1998 22:48:31 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<009CA39F.1D28C100.13638.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To:	pommnitz AT darmstadt DOT gmd DOT de
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de

Hi Joerg, you wrote:

: > Hopefully ISO reserved the char at ((unsigned int)-1) exactly for
: EOF.
: 
: They can't. To do so, this would require assumptions of the internal
: representation of -1.

You're right! I assumed a 32bit charset will only be available on a
newer platform >=32bit, and all those I know are 2'comp integer,
(except for e.g. IEEE floating point, which is signed-magnitude).


Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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