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From: jason@cygnus.com (Jason Merrill)
Subject: Re: Bytes and Characters
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>>>>> Tommi H|yn{l{nmaa <tohoyn@janus.otol.fi> writes:

> Currently, the type 'char' is used for bytes in C++.
> I think that there should be a separate type for characters and 
> bytes (numerical values).

There is.  'char' is used for character values, 'unsigned char' and 
'signed char' are used for bytes.  'char' is not the same type as either of
the other two.

Jason