Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte
by bregma on Friday October 18, 2024 @06:07AM
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The difference between address A and address A+1 is one byte. By definition.
Some hardware may raise an exception if you attempt to retrieve a value at an address that is not a (greater than 1) multiple of a byte, but that has no bearing on the definition of a byte.
Some hardware may raise an exception if you attempt to retrieve a value at an address that is not a (greater than 1) multiple of a byte, but that has no bearing on the definition of a byte.