From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [Q]: unsigned char
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 08:50:20 -0800
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Roman Suzi wrote:

> >I think you are missing the fact that '\xFD' is NOT a character
> > constant,
> >it's an int.  Therefore, -funsigned-char doesn't affect it.
> 
>    NO!!! It has sizeof('\xFD') == 1
> 
> I have just checked it.

Then you must be using C++ instead of C.  In C, a character constant is
of type int, not char.

>    Possibly, the fact, that my file is probe.cc
> and not probe.c ?

Yep, C++ and not C.

> >If you want avoid trouble always use explicit casts in these cases.
>  --  Then the program will be a nightmare...
> 
> OK. I can use:
> 
> #define UC (unsigned char)
> 
> ..
> 
> c = UC'\xFD'
> 
> No problem here.

There's little worse than making #defines so that C/C++ looks like a
different language.  Don't be such a baby -- writing explicit casts that
are clear and unambiguous is a sign of _good_ programming.

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