According to H. Peter Anvin on 8/11/2009 10:33 AM: > Herbert... the *type* is int, but the *value* has to be in the range > [-1,UCHAR_MAX] or the behavior is undefined in both the C and POSIX > standards. Actually, the *value* has to be either EOF (which is negative, but not necessarily required to be -1) or [0,UCHAR_MAX]. But you are correct that for most (all?) platforms, EOF is -1 even though it is not mandated as such. -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake ebb9@xxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html