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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:31:26 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Compiler options for djdev build
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On Sat, 9 Jun 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

[Regarding a function taking a char value as argument, which he'd like
changed to 'int']:

> If you want an example of such function, look at `tolower'.

But in the case of tolower and friends (the <ctype.h> functions), the
rationale behind that decision was a rather different one: they are meant
to accept two different types of input: a character cast to (unsigned
char), or the value of the EOF macro, which is negative.

I.e. I don't think tolower() is a very good comparison, here.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.