----Original Message---- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Beman Dawes Sent: 08 June 2006 17:51 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] [endian] Refresh based on comments received
Gennaro Prota wrote:
* there is no guarantee that an unsigned char has 8 bits...
The C and C++ standards specify char, signed char, and unsigned char all have exactly 8 bits, AFAIK.
No. They all have AT LEAST 8 bits, but there are certainly C implementations with 9-bit char and 32-bit char. I don't know if any of these have C++ compilers (but the standard certainly permits it). (You might of course decide to explicitly limit your library to 8-bit char platforms only.) -- Martin Bonner Martin.Bonner@Pitechnology.com Pi Technology, Milton Hall, Ely Road, Milton, Cambridge, CB4 6WZ, ENGLAND Tel: +44 (0)1223 203894