Re: Which is faster?

In article <d0e7b0f3-0a2d-4cd1-9a3e-5dd055b29488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ali Karaali <alicpp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
3.1.3.4 (C89): "An integer character constant is a sequence of one or more
multibyte characters enclosed in single-quotes, as in 'x' or 'ab'."

6.4.4.4(2) (C99): "An integer character constant is a sequence of one or
more multibyte characters enclosed in single-quotes, as in 'x'."

The difference between the above two quotes led me to poke around further
in C99:

I don!t understand what is the differance?

That apparently they hoisted out the discussion about 'ab' to
a paragraph by itself, which you see below:

6.4.4.4(10): "The value of an integer character constant containing more
than one character (e.g., 'ab'), or containing a character or escape
sequence that does not map to a single-byte execution character, is
implementation-defined."

What does it mean?

It means it is up the implementation what it (say 'ab') actually means,
as is say '\q'.
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