OT: Requesting C advice

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Thu, 24 May 2007, Mike McCarty wrote:

> Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>>> 
>>> sizeof(char) == 1 is guaranteed by the standard.  There's no reference to 
>>> "bytes", but it is commonly accepted that the char type is a byte. 
>> 
>> 
>> Erm, from the Standard:
>> 
>> 3.4
>>        [#1] byte
>>        addressable  unit  of  data storage large enough to hold any
>>        member  of  the  basic  character  set  of   the   execution
>>        environment
>
> Also from the Standard:
>
> 3.5
>       [#1] character
>       bit representation that fits in a byte
>
>
> 6.5.3.4  The sizeof operator
> ...
>
> [#2] The sizeof operator yields the size (in bytes)  of  its
>       operand,  which  may  be  an expression or the parenthesized
>       name of a type.  The size is determined from the type of the
>       operand.   The  result  is  an  integer.  If the type of the
>       operand is a variable length  array  type,  the  operand  is
>       evaluated;  otherwise,  the operand is not evaluated and the
>       result is an integer constant.
>
> The word "byte" appears dozens of times in the Standard, not counting
> its appearance in the word "multibyte".


OK, OK you win.  Sheesh!

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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