On Sun, 2000-Nov-12, Steve Langasek wrote: > It's my understanding that whether 'char' maps to an unsigned or a signed char > is a function of the compiler, not of the architecture. Does gcc really use > different default values on arm and PPC than on other architectures? If so, > why? I wouldn't find it surprising. The most probable reason would be local traditions, just like for the calling convention: it's also actually the compiler's decision but it's done different ways on different architectures so the object modules for one arch from different compilers can be linked together.
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