From:	dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de
Subject:	Re: long long vs long
28 Jul 1998 06:23:25 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<009C9D66.B53903E0.13170.cygnus.gnu-win32@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de>
To:	donadio AT isptechinc DOT com
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de

Hi Matt, you wrote:

: Not to be picky, but to quote K&R II pg. 36:
[snip]

: Also, chars are not limited to be only 8 bits, but they must be at least
: 8 bits.  I routinely work on processors (C40, C44) where CHAR_BIT is
: 32.  This results in the pecularity that
: 
: 	sizeof(char) = sizeof(long) = 1
: 
: which is perfectly legal.  I think there is a lot more code in the world
: that asumes that CHAR_BIT is 8 than sizeof(long) is 4.

With sizeof(char) = sizeof(int) = 1 and looking at K&R II pg. 16,
you'd got a problem with getchar() and EOF, if someone invents a
32bit charset and assumes to be able to use them all *and* EOF.
AFAIK the biggest charsets currently are 16bit (e.g. Unicode),
so at the moment you're safe with a 32bit char!


Bye, Heribert (dahms AT ifk20 DOT mach DOT uni-karlsruhe DOT de)
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