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RE: Re: [PATCH/RFA] Distinguish between EOF and character with value 0xff

From: "Howland Craig D (Craig)" <howland at LGSInnovations dot com>
To: <newlib at sources dot redhat dot com>
Cc: "Eric Blake" <ebb9 at byu dot net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:39:53 -0400
Subject: RE: Re: [PATCH/RFA] Distinguish between EOF and character with value 0xff
References: <20090421180737.GN8722@calimero.vinschen.de> <3862C5643B15B6468269546753EB2A920266BCDC@BLTSXVS01.govsolutions.com> A<loom.20090421T211240-420@post.gmane.org>

Eric Blake wrote Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:32 PM:
...
>Not a library bug.  According to the standards, since a compliant
program is 
>already passing in [-1,255], this results in a value in the range
[0,256] in 
>compliant programs.  For buggy programs, which passed in a signed char
(and 
>thus a range of [-128,127], with -1 duplicated), all bets are already
off.
...
 
You're completely correct--it is not a library error.  I had that in my
email and accidently edited it out.  Thanks for catching the oversight.
 
Craig

References:
- [PATCH/RFA] Distinguish between EOF and character with value 0xff
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- RE: [PATCH/RFA] Distinguish between EOF and character with value 0xff
  - From: Howland Craig D (Craig)
- Re: [PATCH/RFA] Distinguish between EOF and character with value 0xff
  - From: Eric Blake

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