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From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi)
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Subject: Re: getchar and EOF (was: One more point regarding = and == (more flamage))
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Date: 8 Apr 91 20:09:40 GMT
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In <1991Apr7.064003.8552@athena.mit.edu> scs@adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:

>As a return value from getchar, EOF is guaranteed to
>be distinct from all char values.

I have always assumed that EOF is guaranteed to be -1.  I think there
is enough history behind EOF == -1 (just as with NULL == 0) that it
isn't likely to be anything else.
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@cirrus.COM>
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