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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: char to decimal
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In message <Xns9EDBB8224D5B6vaj4088ianshef@138.125.254.103>, Ian Shef wrote:

> A char is much like an int except that:
> 
> It has 16 bits instead of 32.
> It is unsigned, with a value from 0 through 65535.
> It gets special handling in some places, such as by System.out.println. 
> The special handling by System.out.println can be avoided by casting to an
> int.

Funny, they could do all this for char, but not for boolean.