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Author	pitrou
Recipients	eric.smith, loewis, pitrou, skrah
Date	2010-06-20.13:27:02
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Message-id	<1277040424.45.0.292669416337.issue9036@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> Thus, > ((unsigned char)((c) & 0xff)) and ((unsigned char)(c)) should produce > the same results. If it's the case, it's probably optimized away by the compiler anyway. > There is no reason not to do the cast when __CHAR_UNSIGNED__ is > defined (it will be a no-op). Agreed. It also reduces the opportunity for bugs :)

> Thus,
> ((unsigned char)((c) & 0xff)) and ((unsigned char)(c)) should produce
> the same results.

If it's the case, it's probably optimized away by the compiler anyway.

> There is no reason not to do the cast when __CHAR_UNSIGNED__ is
> defined (it will be a no-op).

Agreed. It also reduces the opportunity for bugs :)

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Date	User	Action	Args
2010-06-20 13:27:04	pitrou	set	recipients: + pitrou, loewis, eric.smith, skrah
2010-06-20 13:27:04	pitrou	set	messageid: <1277040424.45.0.292669416337.issue9036@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-06-20 13:27:02	pitrou	link	issue9036 messages
2010-06-20 13:27:02	pitrou	create