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Date:      Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:47:50 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: signed/unsigned cpp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970601234203.1753D-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
In-Reply-To: <199706010645.QAA12329@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Michael Smith wrote:

> Because neither is equivalent to the "default" signedness.
> 
> const char * is _not_ equivalent to const unsigned char *, or const
> signed char *.

i would appreciate it if you could explain further - why?
any char * can _only_ be signed or unsigned, even if it's
the default that makes it so. ?
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