17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
"Alan (Miburi-san) Wexelblat" <wex@media.mit.edu> sez:
It's a bit of a hack, but don't most char implementations in C just ignore the high-order bit?
No. A char in C is signed or unsigned according to the whim of the compiler designer, but all bits are significant. Some UN*X editors have a nasty habit of nuking the high bit. Vi frequently does, GNU emacs doesn't. Stephen