Hi Roy.

19-Jan-04 04:06:52, Roy J. Tellason wrote to Jasen Betts


 RJT> Jasen Betts wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 RJT>> I still think there's something odd about the concept of a
 RJT>> "signed char",  and I particularly think it's odd that it's in
 RJT>> some cases the default..

 JB>> signed is the default for long int and short, why should char be
 JB>> the exception?

 RJT> Because a "char" is not a number.

but it is...  it behaves just like int and long etc...

char b= 'b' ;
char a= b + 5 ;
char c= a % b ;

  etc...

 JB>> OTOH I've never found signed chars more convenient than unsigned.

 RJT> Then I wonder why it's the default?
me too.



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