type of character constants

[T. William Wells]

In article <8903140309.AA02400 at champlain.dgp.toronto.edu> flaps at dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
: bill at twwells.uucp (T. William Wells) writes:
: >There is a subtle difference. If 'c' is an integer constant, '\377'
: >represents the value 255. If, on the other hand, it is a char
: >constant, and characters sign extend, it represents -1.
:
: Nope, it is an int constant, and if chars are 8 bits and the system is twos
: complement and chars sign-extend, it is -1.
: Reference: K&R II p193, second-to-last sentence of the last full paragraph.

Oops! I don't believe I wrote that!

There is a distinction somewhere along those lines, but it's not
relevant here. (See H&S, 2.7.3, p.21).

Sorry.

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