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> Another gripe unicode_char_t should be a signed
> long. unicode leaves 1 bit, which is great for
> things such as error codes, etc (negative numbers).
> Using an unsigned int is not the best idea, I think.
> (int can be longer than long)
> 

Not true.

Ideally it should be an int_least32_t as defined in <stdint.h>;
however, int *cannot* be longer than long, and on 64-bit machines int
is typically 32 bits and long is typically 64 bits.

   -hpa
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