Re: Kill signed chars !!! => PPC uses unsigned chars

The signedness of 'char' is never certain between compilers.  There are x86
C compilers that implemented 'char' as unsigned, others as signed, and
others that offered a compile switch to do either way if the default didn't
work with the code being compiled.

When it matters, just be explicit :)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willy Tarreau" <[email protected]>
To: "J.A. Magallon" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; "Andrew Morton" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 08:54
Subject: Re: Kill signed chars !!! => PPC uses unsigned chars

>
> Well, to my surprize, linux-ppc uses UNSIGNED chars by default. It has
amazed
> me but it's a fact. Let's compile this little program on tux-ppc :

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