Re: need help with a delcaration

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From: Brian Jones
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1986 02:52

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In the sequence:

	main()
	{
		char c = 'w';
		foo(c)
	}

	foo(ch)
	char ch;

char ch is the correct declaration.  The compiler/code generator should
handle pulling the character portion of the promoted variable off the
stack correctly.  Declaring it 'int' is asking for trouble.

Brian Jones  aka  {ihnp4,}!{drutx,druhi}!qwerty  @  AT&T-IS, Denver
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Brian Jones  aka  {ihnp4,}!{drutx,druhi}!qwerty  @  AT&T-IS, Denver

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Subject: Re: need help with a delcaration
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