Re: code cracking or how do you know you've got the correct key?

From: Phil Carmody (thefatphil_demunged_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: 29 Dec 2004 11:08:24 +0200

"John E. Hadstate" <jh113355@hotmail.com> writes:
> Unless the 0xF0 gets sign extended when promoted to an int.

0xF0 is already an int.

> I have used a C compiler that sees 0xF0 as a char.

When? By whose definition of "C compiler". Doug's the man, standards-wise,
but the various draft versions I have access to all indicate that 0xF0
has always been an int since at least C hit ISO.

If you're talking about '\xF0', then surprisingly the issue is
unchanged. However, I do know of several C/C++ compilers who
have "helpfully" treated that as if it were of char type, even
when being told to compile as C rather than C++. i.e. they were
broken.

Phil 

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