From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23573 invoked by alias); 31 Mar 2008 09:15:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 23565 invoked by uid 22791); 31 Mar 2008 09:15:39 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from shell4.BAYAREA.NET (HELO shell4.bayarea.net) (209.128.82.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:15:20 +0000 Received: (qmail 21374 invoked from network); 31 Mar 2008 02:14:41 -0700 Received: from 209-128-106-254.bayarea.net (HELO redwood.eagercon.com) (209.128.106.254) by shell4.bayarea.net with SMTP; 31 Mar 2008 02:14:33 -0700 Message-ID: <47F0AB78.80409@eagercon.com> Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:15:00 -0000 From: Michael Eager User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eljay Love-Jensen CC: Ed Stafford , GCC-help Subject: Re: Signedness of char and puts() References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2008-03/txt/msg00324.txt.bz2 Eljay Love-Jensen wrote: > Hi Ed, > >> Does anyone know why this occurs? > > Those are three different types. > + char > + unsigned char > + signed char > > "Hello" is a char*, not an unsigned char* or signed char*. In C, char is signed or unsigned, depending on the implementation. In C++, it is a distinct type. -- Michael Eager eager@eagercon.com 1960 Park Blvd., Palo Alto, CA 94306 650-325-8077