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Would you like signs with those chars?

Would you like signs with those chars?

Posted Oct 25, 2022 19:27 UTC (Tue) by mm7323 (subscriber, #87386)
Parent article: Would you like signs with those chars?

Why not use uint8_t and int8_t when dealing with numeric values or octets, and keep char just for characters and strings?


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