Re: Shouldn't "char*" be "unsigned char*"?
[
Date Prev][
Date Next][
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Date Index]
[
Thread Index]
- Subject: Re: Shouldn't "char*" be "unsigned char*"?
- From: Matthias Kluwe <mkluwe@...>
- Date: 2011年5月25日 16:23:49 +0200
2011年5月25日 Matthias Kluwe <mkluwe@gmail.com>:
> Hi!
>
> 2011年5月24日 Dirk Laurie <dpl@sun.ac.za>:
>> Sorry for betraying my newbie-ness, this question was probably asked
>> fifteen years ago.
>>
>> In the Lua API, Lua strings are mapped to C "char*". Is this just a
>> historical accident or a closely reasoned decision, such as that the
>> convenience of the test "if (c<0)" to detect non-ASCII [...]
>
> Don't assume that char is signed... That is platform and compiler specific.
Oops, just noticed Rob already mentioned this point. Apologies for the noise.