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- From: thads@csn.net (Thad Smith)
- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: Coding Standards are ignorant
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 13:42:32 -0700
- Organization: T3 Systems
- Message-ID: <LuxOxQ9yttWa084yn@csn.net>
- References: <4gum82$14v4@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>
- <4hdhgm$6vq@solutions.solon.com> <1996Mar403.23.06.8316@koobera.math.uic.edu>
- <4he37i$a0u@solutions.solon.com> <1996Mar408.48.01.11162@koobera.math.uic.edu>
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- In article <1996Mar408.48.01.11162@koobera.math.uic.edu>,
- djb@koobera.math.uic.edu (D. J. Bernstein) wrote:
- >Peter Seebach <seebs@solutions.solon.com> wrote:
-
- >``[ispunct()] has no excuse to assume that char is 8 bits.'' (Of course
- >it has an excuse. Whether it's a _good_ excuse is a side issue.)
-
- Whether an assumption of 8 bits is appropriate depends on the context.
- For the portable C programmer, no. The implementor, however, gets to
- specify the size of char, presumably to match the target hardware.
-
- Thad
-