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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: type cast in initializer
Message-ID: <3154@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 22:04:50 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 22:04:50 1986
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In article <354@utastro.UUCP> nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>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).
>The values of '\377' and -1 are one and the same without a type cast.

Yes---*if* your machine has signed `char's.
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