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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
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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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