Re: your mail

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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