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On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 08:50:39PM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> When i compile library with -funsigned-char, it works fine. But it isn't
> compiled with that flag in FreeBSD.

The signedness of chars is left as a choice for the compiler - on the
platform you are working on they must have decided to use signed chars.

	David.