sizeof in 36-bits machines

[Norman Diamond]

Some poster whose name was deleted:

>>>Alternatively, you could just make sizeof(int)=sizeof(char)=1

Doug Gwyn replied to the posting but did not comment on this sentence.

In article <14904 at haddock.ima.isc.com> karl at haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:

>It remains to be seen whether this is legal, and if so, what happens when the
>input stream contains a bit pattern that compares equal to the value of EOF.

There is a reason why Mr. Gwyn did not comment on that particular
sentence.  If sizeof(int)==sizeof(char), indeed it is possible that the
input stream might contain a bit pattern that compares equal to the
value of EOF.  The programmer must test feof().  I believe Mr. Gwyn
once remarked that he found this distasteful but got used to it.

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