Long Chars

Mark Buda hermit at shockeye.UUCP
Sat Mar 26 07:34:02 AEST 1988


In article <439 at splut.UUCP> jay at splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) writes:
>"A _byte_ is undefined in the language except in terms of the value of
>sizeof. However, IN ALL EXISTING IMPLEMENTATIONS a byte is the space
>required to hold a char." (Emphasis added.)

Therefore, if your compiler says that sizeof(char) != 1, it clearly does
not exist.

--
Mark Buda			Smart UUCP: hermit at chessene.uucp
Dumb UUCP: ...{rutgers,ihnp4,cbosgd}!bpa!vu-vlsi!devon!chessene!hermit
"One look at you, sir, is proof that anything is possible."



More information about the Comp.lang.c mailing list