Re: [HACKERS] Re: your mail

Ah, here is the e-mail objecting to the unsigned patch.


> Hi!
> 
> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Angelos Karageorgiou wrote:
> > >    For me it seems like a compiler (or compiler option) problem - signed
> > > vs. unsigned chars.
> > 
> > Yes you are right , the problem is BSD/OS specific , and indeed it has to
> > do with unsigned chars vs signed chars. I just did not know if others had
> > the problem too and since and a cast to (unsigned char) has no effect to
> > an 8bit char I decided to post the patch. 
> > 
> > Even test-ctype gives out different results when cp is cast as unsigned
> > chat and not a plain char. would you like the output from test-ctype for
> > unsigned chars ?
> 
>    I am not sure. This should be discussed among other developers. What we
> should use: signed or unsigned chars, anyone has an idea?
> 
> > BTW i appreciate the work on postgres it is an awesome package 
> 
>    Welcome!
> 
> Oleg.
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>            Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
> 
> 
> 


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