From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Subject: Re: some unusual errors
22 Sep 1998 13:43:33 -0700
Message-ID: <x2af3s5lz7.fsf.cygnus.gnu-win32@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>
References: <199809211652.MAA13143@venus.solidum.com>
To: Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com>
Cc: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke), gnu-win32@cygnus.com

Michael Richardson <mcr@solidum.com> writes:

>     >> strtod.c:1239: warning: subscript has type `char'
>     >> which confuses me. What, if not "char" should isspace() take???
> 
>     Michael> As all is<xxx> functions it takes an *int* or *unsigned char* !
> 
> 
>     Michael>        int isalnum (int c);
>     Michael>        int isalpha (int c);
> 
>   Why would you say "unsigned char"??
>   It says "int" to me.
>   So, a signed char should promote to int just fine.

....with everything above 127 mapping to negative numbers!

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