On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:55, Jakub Jelinek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:36:12PM -0400, Diego Novillo wrote: >> When we instantiate char_type_node in tree.c:build_common_tree_nodes >> we very explicitly create a char_type_node that is signed or unsigned >> based on the value of -funsigned-char, but instead of make >> char_type_node point to signed_char_type_node or >> unsigned_char_type_node, we explicitly instantiate a different type. > > C++ e.g. requires that char (c) is mangled differently from unsigned char > (h) and signed char (a), it is a distinct type.
Thanks, that answer my question. Diego.