Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I would like to know of existing systems where CHAR_BIT of <climits>
> is not equal to 8. I am particular interested in prevalent systems.
I am currently developing software for the BlueCore-5 chip (a Bluetooth
chip from Cambridge Silicon Radio, www.csr.com) which has CHAR_BIT ==
16.
>
> Technically, my code is mostly ****table, but only within a particular
> machine. Innter-machine interaction (serialization for example), there
> will be problems for those machines where CHAR_BIT != 8.
The communication might not be a problem for the BlueCore chip. It often
uses octet-oriented communication mechanisms (UART and I2C) and handles
the conversion between byte and octet internally.
Other processors that often interface over octet-oriented mechanisms
might do the same.
>
> Yes, yes, I know, it enough effort, I can rewrite my code to eliminate
> any potential compatibilities even then, but still, it helps to
> know. :)
>
> TIA,
>
> -Le Chaud Lapin-
>
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