all bits zero?

Larry Jones scjones at sdrc.UUCP
Thu Mar 22 08:42:53 AEST 1990


In article <2108 at gmdzi.UUCP>, wittig at gmdzi.UUCP (Georg Wittig) writes:
> Does ANSI C require that in the internal representation of the integer constant
> ``0'' all bits are zero?

ANSI C requires a pure binary numeration system for all integral
types, so "yes".
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