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From: ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: "Signed" Implemented Yet?
Summary: So I don't look like a complete moron
Message-ID: <41654@sgi.sgi.com>
Date: 12 Sep 89 21:59:25 GMT
References: <6590193@hplsla.HP.COM> <6590195@hplsla.HP.COM> <41603@sgi.sgi.com>
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In article <41603@sgi.sgi.com>, ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz) writes:
> In article <3520@internal.Apple.COM>, turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski) writes:
> > Yes, and this poses severe problems on the IRIS, which has chars as unsigned
> > by default.  There seems to be no way to get signed chars.
> 
> The C compiler has a flag for defaulting to signed integers (-signed).
						     ^^^^^^^^
						     chars

Ahem, I meant to say that the -signed flag for the C compiler causes the
compiler to default to signed chars instead of unsigned chars.  If you are
used to programming in environments with signed chars as the default, you
can use this flag with your C++ compiler (CC should pass it through to
the C compiler.).

						--- Dave
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