Re: How to use toupper()

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From: Norman Diamond
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 02:15

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In article <9457@smoke.BRL.MIL>, gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> >     <ctype.h> macros should be made safe for "signed char"
> >     arguments.
> > The X3J11 response was:
> >     The Committee has voted against this idea.
> >     "char" arguments can always be cast to "unsigned char"
> >     ... the argument *must* be cast to an "unsigned
> >     char" for such implementations.

In article <23261@watmath.waterloo.edu>, rbutterworth@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth) writes:
> i.e. to write portable code, the user must put in lots of casts
> rather than having the library do the messy stuff.

alias cc cc -Dchar="unsigned char"

alias X3J11 X3J10.95

alias inews news + fillers
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  The above opinions are my own.   |  Why are programmers criticized for
  If they're also your opinions,   |  re-inventing the wheel, when car
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From: diamond@csl.sony.JUNET (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: How to use toupper()
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Date: 27 Jan 89 02:15:02 GMT
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