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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: pointers in Strucrure assignment problem
Date: 7 Jul 2005 14:18:43 GMT
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DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> > sizeof(char) is 1 by definition,

> GCC supports at least one chip where "char" is four bytes.

Not for the meaning of a "byte" as defined by the C language.

sizeof(char) will still be 1, even on that platform.  The trick is
that as far as C is concerned this platform just has 32 bits in a
"byte".  This is documented by <limits.h> reporting CHAR_BIT==32.

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