Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c

Re:Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c by archfrog on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:44AM (#37199631)

I don't want to be toxic but why make a function to cast a char to an int? I was astounded when I briefly skimmed through the list. I hope this is not curriculum in education.

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Re:Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c by Kamq on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:01AM (#37199821)

I don't see the one you're talking to on a brief skim, but there are several functions that deal with processing a file character by character. They generally use ints because they need a way to signal end of file and you can't do that with any value of a byte.

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Re:Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c by chihuahua on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:01AM (#37199826)

I got the impression that the entire document is meant as a joke.

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Re:Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c by MobiusHorizons on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:36AM (#37200131)

Unambiguously so if you click to any of the footnotes.

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Re:Infrequently Asked Questions in Comp.lang.c by xhainingx on Sunday August 20, 2023 @12:51PM (#37200843)

It's not. The whole thing is a joke.

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