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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: type cast in initializer
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 09:50:12 EST
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In article <792@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:

> C note of the day: 'x' is of type (int), not (char).

*sigh*  -- thanks, Doug.  I just found that out yesterday, the hard way.
The values of '\377' and -1 are one and the same without a type cast.
Now, if I'd just read the news, instead of debugging ...
-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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