On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
> Dan Sugalski wrote:
>
> >> $1 = (INTVAL)((char)($1));
> >> The INTVAL could be a "long long".
> >
> > That one needs a sizeof(char) check. chars are *not* 8 bits everywhere.
>
> AFAIK are chars 8 bits by defintion, i.e. C standard. The machine
> representation of a char might be different though.
The standard only requires CHAR_BIT ("number of bits for smallest object
that is not a bit-field (byte)") to be at least 8 (5.2.4.2.1). sizeof(char)
is 1 by definition (6.5.3.4.3).
Dave
Isa. 40:31
