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From: qwerty@drutx.UUCP (Brian Jones)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: need help with a delcaration
Message-ID: <1219@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 7-Sep-86 22:52:47 EDT
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In the sequence:

	main()
	{
		char c = 'w';
		foo(c)
	}

	foo(ch)
	char ch;

char ch is the correct declaration.  The compiler/code generator should
handle pulling the character portion of the promoted variable off the
stack correctly.  Declaring it 'int' is asking for trouble.

Brian Jones  aka  {ihnp4,}!{drutx,druhi}!qwerty  @  AT&T-IS, Denver
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Brian Jones  aka  {ihnp4,}!{drutx,druhi}!qwerty  @  AT&T-IS, Denver