On Saturday, May 25, 2013 10:50:02 PM UTC, Francis Glassborow wrote:   
   >   
   > And what do you do about systems where a char has more than 8 bits?   
   > And, yes. they do exist.   
   >   
      
   #if CHAR_BIT != 8   
   #error Only 8 bit char supported   
   #endif   
      
   I think I got that from James Kanze.  It's kind of a poor man's answer   
   until there's more time to work on that.   
      
   > Indeed but the C++ type system is not designed for portability at   
   > that level. There has never been a requirement for portability at   
   > that level.   
      
   I guess you're saying that int8_t and friends aren't part of the C++   
   type system.  But they work fine as far as I can tell.  They may not   
   be guaranteed, but it seems like they are widely available.   
      
   Brian   
   Ebenezer Enterprises   
   http://webEbenezer.net   
      
      
   --   
         [ See http://www.gotw.ca/resources/clcm.htm for info about ]   
         [ comp.lang.c++.moderated.    First time posters: Do this! ]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)