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From: james@reality1.UUCP (james)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Signed char - What Foolishness Is This!
Message-ID: <46@reality1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Oct-86 02:47:33 EDT
Article-I.D.: reality1.46
Posted: Wed Oct 22 02:47:33 1986
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Organization: Reality Computer Systems, Austin TX
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Summary: Uses the /J compiler option
Xref: mnetor net.lang.c:6192 net.micro.pc:7231

In article <8719@duke.duke.UUCP>, jwg@duke.UUCP (Jeffrey William Gillette) writes:
> MSC 4.0 defaults 'char' to 'signed char'.
  ...
> 2)      What possible justification is there for this default?
  ...

I hate to bring up the manual, but there is a /J option now that makes the
char default to an unsigned value.  There is also a keyword "signed" to
override that default when /J is used.  Which also brings up keeping your
software up to date if you haven't upgraded to version 4.0 yet...

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James R. Van Artsdalen    ...!ut-ngp!utastro!osi3b2!james    "Live Free or Die"