From: Roman Suzi <nuser AT rsuzi DOT pgu DOT karelia DOT ru>
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Subject: Re: [Q]: unsigned char --- C and C++ difference!!!
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 97 23:02:12 +0300
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Hi!

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 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.
>> That is, it is char all right!
>
>Is it in C or in C++?  I tested this in a C program, and it printed
>4 for sizeof('\xFD').  Maybe you tried it in C++.  These are two
>different languages when such subtle points are concerned.

Yes, you are RIGHT!!! I have used C++.

When I renamed the program to probe.c -- the
sizeof('\xFD') changed to 4 !!!

I have never heard of such *tremendous* differences
between C and C++.

I just wonder, how much other 'subtle' differences
there exist between C and C++ ?
And how great is the difference between major "dialects"
of C++ (DJGPP, BC 3.1, Watcom, etc) is also interesting.

S.y.,
Roman Suzi

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