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Re: Why AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED?
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Why AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED? |
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Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:02:10 -0600 |
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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 8/3/2008 11:53 PM:
| No. The macro is not broken, don't fix it. When you receive a bug
| report about a system where it is problematic, then fix it. Until
| then, all you're doing is making life harder for users.
I think the verdict is in. AC_C_CHAR_UNSIGNED will not be obsoleted in
2.63, unless someone points to a platform where the current implementation
gets it wrong. However, I am still open to a doc patch that mentions the
alternative of CHAR_MIN.
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Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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