RE: [sv-ec] Unicode


Subject: RE: [sv-ec] Unicode
From: Kevin Cameron x3251 (Kevin.Cameron@nsc.com)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 10:33:54 PST


> From: "Brad Pierce" <Brad.Pierce@synopsys.com>
>
> Arturo,
>
> I don't think 'byte' is *conceptually* redundant. If anything, 'byte' is a
> more basic concept than 'char'. We shouldn't force people to say 'char'
> when they mean 'byte'.
>
> -- Brad

I suspect more legacy code will use "byte" than "char" so I'd prefer to
drop "byte".

You can always do:

  typedef char byte;

- if you need to.

Kev.



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