Re: Stuff C++ needs

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From: Tony Cook
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 04:52

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Steve Clamage (clamage@Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: In C and C++, the size of a char or a byte is always implementation-defined,
: and neither is required to be exactly 8 bits. A char or a byte could have more
: (or fewer) than 8 bits.

Isn't CHAR_BITS (in limits.h) required to be at least 8 (with the
obvious implication that char is at least 8 bits)?
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