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Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
Date 2017-06-22 10:21 -0700
Organization None to speak of
Message-ID <lnmv90aqgf.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <oidlf0$gne$1@dont-email.me> <oif9q6$s7i$2@dont-email.me> <lIM2B.59754$OJ2.17773@fx37.am4> <87k24489ep.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <uLP2B.31163$9u1.10034@fx06.am4>

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bartc <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
[...]
> This is just the result of silly decision in C to make char signed.
>
> And all compilers I've just tested make it signed, with default options. 
> (But FWIW, I was testing with my own compiler where char is unsigned.)

As you know, the signedness of plain char is implementation-defined.
The historical reasons for this have been discussed here before.

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Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 12:48 -0400
  Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-20 18:08 +0100
    Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-21 09:32 -0400
      Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2017-06-21 13:48 +0000
  Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-20 18:15 +0100
    Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 18:00 -0400
      Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 18:47 -0400
        Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-21 00:10 +0100
        Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 19:56 -0400
  Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-06-20 13:23 -0400
    Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 18:59 -0400
  Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-20 19:23 +0100
    Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 18:59 -0400
      Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2017-06-20 19:46 -0400
      Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-21 02:05 +0100
        Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-20 21:37 -0400
          Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-21 09:25 +0100
          Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-21 13:35 +0200
            Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-21 22:30 -0400
              Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-22 11:03 +0100
              Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 11:10 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 11:42 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-22 13:49 +0200
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 14:40 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 17:00 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-22 20:08 +0200
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-22 15:46 -0400
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-22 14:00 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 14:38 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-22 17:26 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-22 10:21 -0700
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2017-06-22 18:26 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-06-22 20:41 +0200
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-06-22 19:59 +0100
                Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-06-22 12:28 -0700
          Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-06-21 09:49 -0400
            Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-06-21 10:36 -0400
              Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2017-06-21 14:15 -0400
          Re: Warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2017-06-21 15:10 +0100

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