Re: C standard question?

Jack Klein <jackklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 May 2008 13:23:50 -0700 (PDT), Tomás Ó hÉilidhe
> 
> > On May 7, 8:20 pm, Eric Sosman <Eric.Sos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> > >         unsigned int ui = (unsigned int)uc << 24;
> > 
> > You wouldn't believe how many people do the likes of the following:
> > 
> >     char unsigned uc1, uc2;
> 
> I would have a hard time believing that any people in the world other
> than you write the ridiculous "char unsigned".

You may not believe it, but I have seen it. Rarely, and I don't remember
where, but I've seen it used.

And in any case, it is not relevant whether any of us believe that
anyone else would or would not write it that way 'round. It is allowed
to be written that way 'round, it is no less clear that way 'round
except for pure blind habit-boundness, and any programmer who has real
problems reading code which uses "char unsigned" instead of "unsigned
char" is considerably more ridiculous than the one who uses it - and, I
would say, a rather worse programmer for it as well.

Richard