Sorry for my mistake. I'll send the message to the appropriate mailing list.
Americo On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote: > Americo Barbosa da Cunha Junior <americo.cunh...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I'm calling a FORTRAN subroutine in a ANSI C program. The subroutine >> has the following prototype: > > This message is not appropriate for the mailing list gcc@gcc.gnu.org, > which is for gcc developers. This question would have been appropriate > on gcc-h...@gcc.gnu.org or fort...@gcc.gnu.org. Thanks. > > >> I've tried to change the length of the char type in C redefining >> CHAR_BIT constant: >> >> #include <limits.h> >> #define CHAR_BIT 16 > > Doing that does not change the size of the char type. Unless you are > using an unusual embedded processor, the size of char in C is always 8. > > If you need a string whose characters are a different length, you need > to use a wide character string, via L"". Wide characters in C is a > general topic in C and is not specific to gcc, and this mailing list is > not the right place to discuss them. > > Ian >
