Re: Thou shalt have no other gods before the ANSI C standard

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 02/12/05 

Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:32:34 +0000 (UTC)

David Wagner wrote:

[snip]
> It might be reasonable to suggest writing code that assumes
> 8-bit bytes and documents that fact. That seems likely (to me)
> to be a net win for security, in most cases. But if you think that
> is wrong, please do explain.

We have already dealt with this one. If the product is going to be
exported, or used in an overseas branch of the firm, bytes are now 32 bits.

Andrew Swallow

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