From:	XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia)
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Subject:	Re: Portability and size_t type related question
Date:	Thu, 13 May 1999 21:59:11 GMT
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El día Thu, 13 May 1999 17:15:36 +1000, Chris Mears
<chris_mears AT softhome DOT net> escribió:

><snip>
>> 
>> > Like 'char' is always 1 byte.
>> 
>> That's not true, either.  There are compilers (mostly for embedded
>> systems) where `char' is 32-bit wide.
>> 
>
>I thought the ANSI standard said that 'char' must be one byte wide.  Am
>I wrong, or are those compilers non-standard?

You are right. It is simply that a byte can be 32-bit wide for some
systems.

Regards:
GUILLE
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Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
XXguille AT XXiies DOT XXes (ya sabes :-)

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