Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!occrsh!jal From: jal@occrsh.ATT.COM (J_Allen_Schones) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: signed chars Summary: use short ints Keywords: signed chars, short ints Message-ID: <249@occrsh.ATT.COM> Date: 11 Dec 87 19:22:59 GMT References: <10700010@snail> Reply-To: jal@occrsh.UUCP (J_Allen_Schones) Organization: AT&T Network & Data Systems, OKC Lines: 26 In article <10700010@snail> carroll@snail.CS.UIUC.EDU writes: > > I'm having some problems with code that need signed characters (it's >originally from a vax). Unfortunately, the machine I am on has unsigned >characters. [ A few lines deleted to keep inews happy ] > > We are running SysVR3 on AT&T 3b2's, standard C. > As far as I can tell, there is no way to support signed chars on the 3BXX* line of computers. I use short ints when a signed chars is needed, but then you must check the source to make sure that the program doesn't depend upon the allowable range of chars. I F N I E L W L S E R-- J. Allen Schones -- AT&T Technologies -- Oklahoma City Works PHONE: (405) 491-4950 UUCP: ihnp4!occrsh!jal DOMAIN: jal@occrsh.ATT.COM