Re: 7 bit char

From: Alberto Barbati (AlbertoBarbati_at_libero.it)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 01:47:32 GMT

TK wrote:
> It's as if char now is a signed datatype,
> which it has never been before. I am developing in MS DevStudio 6.0.
> Is there a setting somewhere that could have been changed? I have
> never seen this before, and I have coded for about 10 years.

Which compiler did you use before? As far as I remember, char has always
been a signed datatype by default on Microsoft compilers as well as many
other C/C++ compilers I happened to work with in the last 17 years.

BTW, you can tell MSVC to make char unsigned by using the /J option.

Regards,

Alberto Barbati

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