Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:48:26 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: char != unsigned char... sometimes, sigh
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On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Vik Heyndrickx wrote:

> But, since getc is only supposed to be used for text files, which don't
> usually contain '\xff' characters, I don't think this is really a
> problem. 

I disagree.  `getc' can be (and is) used to read binary files as well; 
I've seen enough programs which do that.  We cannot IMHO live with `getc' 
that doesn't know how to read 0xff.