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From: turk@Apple.COM (Ken "Turk" Turkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: "Signed" Implemented Yet?
Message-ID: <3520@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Aug 89 10:28:31 GMT
References: <6590193@hplsla.HP.COM> <6590195@hplsla.HP.COM>
Organization: Advanced Technology Graphics, Apple Computer, Cupertino, CA, USA
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In article <6590195@hplsla.HP.COM> jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock) writes:
>>Interestingly, all current C compilers on MS-DOS that I'm familiar with
>>support 'signed'.
>
>Interestingly, my recent-generation C++ compiler doesn't -- unless that's 
>been fixed.  Seems like a shame to have a C++ front end that doesn't understand
>"signed" when *all* the C backends do understand it.  I was hoping that some
>C++ vendors might speak up about what C++ compilers support it and which don't.
>[and why not]

Yes, and this poses severe problems on the IRIS, which has chars as unsigned
by default.  There seems to be no way to get signed chars.
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