From -4015634144876284293 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1149ec,c5e1f3188bfb5123 X-Google-Attributes: gid1149ec,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,c5e1f3188bfb5123 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-11-01 12:48:06 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.std.c Subject: Re: C and C++ Standard incompatibility for signed character type Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 20:46:56 GMT Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <39F254C8.510803FB@null.net> <8666mkbq7h.fsf@gabi-soft.de> <8tov45$l1n$1@nnrp1.deja.com> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 973111623 mail2news:954 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Lines: 28 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.std.c++:1886 comp.std.c:1537 In article <8tov45$l1n$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, James.Kanze@dresdner-bank.com writes >And I don't see what is to prevent them. Again, take Clive's example: > > CHAR_BIT == 10 > UCHAR_MAX == 1023 > CHAR_MAX == 255 > CHAR_MIN == -256 > >This obviously allows trapping values for char. It also easily meets >the requirements you give. True, but does anyone know of such a system, or a reason for doing that other than the Standard allows it. Francis Glassborow Association of C & C++ Users 64 Southfield Rd Oxford OX4 1PA +44(0)1865 246490 All opinions are mine and do not represent those of any organisation --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ] [ Note that the FAQ URL has changed! Please update your bookmarks. ]