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Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 13:54:26 +0100
From: Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
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To: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>,
        djgpp workers list <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: char != unsigned char... sometimes, sigh
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > For me, ANSI compliance is the main concern.  Anything else is
> > secondary to it.  If the current version is not ANSI-compliant, IMHO
> > it should be fixed ASAP.
> 
> > However, making untrivial changes with global consequences, such as
> > switching to unsigned char by default, just to make buggy code
> > magically turn correct is not my idea of a small change in a minor
> > release.
> 
> As usual, Eli expressed my very thoughts in much clearer words than I did
> :-)

Even if the default was changed to "unsigned char" to current is*
macro's are still buggy. 
I am about to write a new set of is* macro's under the assumption that
"signed char" will remain the default since I cannot hold my breath any
longer :-(

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