Matching Data Types

[Henry Spencer]

In article <1639 at tkou02.enet.dec.com> diamond at tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond at tkovoa) writes:
>>(Hint:  EOF has to be something that is not a valid char value.)
>
>False.  In an implementation where sizeof(int)==1 (perfectly legal, as
>long as it's at least 16 bits), EOF might also be a valid char value.

I still think X3J11 should have held a competition like the POSIX one for
undesirable interpretations of the standard.  This would come under the
"most demented" heading to my mind. :-)
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