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Date:	Fri, 06 Feb 1998 09:35:47 +0100
From:	Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
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To:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: char != unsigned char... sometimes, sigh
References:	<Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 980204193752 DOT 26711B-100000 AT is>

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > I even cannot imagine why configure should test this since using
> > 'unsigned char' and 'signed char' would take away this problem in the
> > first place.
> 
> One reason is because some pre-ANSI compilers don't accept "signed char".

That explains it, but this must be the only reason.

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