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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: signed/unsigned - what will fail
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:35:14 -0700
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Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 16/08/2023 21:26, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> [...]
>>> Unfortunately, in C, string literals have type char*, and char*
>>> strings are encountered everywhere, where they can store ASCII,
>>> extended ASCII of various kinds, or UTF8.
>> No, string literals are of type char[N], where N is the length of the
>> literal plus 1.
>
> Which is usually converted to type char*?

Yes, usually, but by no means always.

> But this makes little difference to my point: you can't really get
> away from C's plain 'char' type if dealing with text and strings.

Agreed.

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Will write code for food.
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */