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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Beginner....Decimal/Octal converter help
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> ManyBeers <markzuffi@yahoo.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hello I am teaching myself C and I need some help with a problem.
>>> After a search for dec/oct convert I found this code:
>>>
>>> [..code..]
>>
>> I would like to offer a different kind of answer to your
>> questions.  First a suggestion:  for this kind of problem I think
>> you will find it helpful to use unsigned types exclusively.  In
>> the code below we will need (besides a plain 'unsigned' here and
>> there) two types, one for 8-bit values and one for 32-bit values:
>>
>>  typedef unsigned char  UC;
>>  typedef unsigned int   UI;
>
> There already standard perfectly cromulent typedefs for both,
> uint8_t and uint32_t.

For the posted response and example I think unsigned {char,int}
are better suited.

Furthermore, whether cromulent or not, IMO anyone who writes
uint8_t or uint32_t in open code should be shot.[*]  YMMV.

[*] For more information please refer to the PDP-10 assembly
language style guide.