From:	alain AT qnx DOT com (Alain Magloire)
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Subject:	Re: Length of Chars...
Date:	25 Jan 2000 01:15:30 GMT
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT acp3bf DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) wrote:

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: For short: char, like all the C data types, is implementation defined.
: You should never assume it's 8 bits, if you can help it, as that
: renders your program unportable.

Yes.  But If I recall ISO C requires that the size/range of the
char types be defined in <limits.h>.  Althought 8 bits is widely use
I've heard of implementations that used 9 bits.

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au revoir, alain
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