`char' parameters

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <1616 at se-sd.sandiego.ncr.com> rns at se-sd.sandiego.NCR.COM (Rick Schubert) writes:
>	1. Is it illegal to declare a parameter to be of type `char'?

No, but it's rather pointless since the parameter really IS passed
as an int.  The compiler HAS to make the adjustment.

>	2. If not, is it valid to treat the parameter as type `int'?

This is recommended practice.

>	3. If so, what does the unary `&' operator do to such a variable?

Takes its address, just as for any other int.