David Brown wrote:
> Keith Thompson wrote:
>> Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> In message <lnlk2ekx5r.fsf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Keith Thompson
>>> <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>> Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>>>> In message <48299ac3.2182222981@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Richard Bos
>>>>> <rlb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>>>> Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do compilers still accept char unsigned? Some used to but I bet
>>>>>>> many
>>>>>>> don't now
>>>>>> They had bloody better. You may not like it, but, like voting for
>>>>>> Gordon
>>>>>> Brown, it's perfectly legal even if unusual and in some people's
>>>>>> opinion
>>>>>> disgusting.
>>>>> Some one, elsewhere in this thread, did a search on "char unsigned"
>>>>> and go no hits at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Has any one actually seen "char unsigned" used anywhere?
>>>> I've only seen it (a) in this newsgroup, and (b) in a couple of test
>>>> programs I've written to verify that compilers accept it.
>>>>
>>> Likewise.
>>>
>>> So how come Tomas started using it?
>>>
>>> It is not something you think up out of the blue on your own. Unless
>>> he is deliberately trying to be perverse. (Which seems quite
possible)
>>
>> I can't speak for Tomas, but one argument I've seen is that, for
>> example, "long unsigned" more closely matches the printf format "%lu".
>> Using "unsigned long" makes it more likely that you'll accidentally
>> write "%lu" (and often the only symptom will be an extraneous 'u'
>> after the printed number). It's a valid argument, but not one that I
>> find persuasive.
If you're the kind of person that can't write "%ul"
even when you want to,
then of course you won't find it persuasive.
> "long unsigned" makes logical sense - it's adjective, adjective, noun
> (with the noun "int" implied - personally I always prefer to write it
> out). "char unsigned" is noun, adjective, which is not standard grammar
> in English. That's why "char unsigned" sounds so bad when you try to
> read it (unless you are a native French speaker, of course.)
The long unsigned point, doesn't actually transfer to char unsigned,
since there is no "%cu" format specifier.
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pete
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