Apr 30, 2024 · Why not exclusively use unsigned char for most things and in the rare case you need the -128 to 127 range explicitly use signed char .

Mar 1, 2024 · Whether char is signed or not depends on the ABI you are programming for and can often be configured with a compiler switch, such as -fsigned-char and - ...

Sep 2, 2021 · By convention a char is 8 bits, well 7 bits and a sign bit in the case of a signed char . This limits the size of number you can store in such a ...

Jan 15, 2024 · The reason for signed char and unsigned char was to enable compatibility between implementations that made different choices for the signedness ...

Sep 13, 2023 · There is no reason for it, char happened to be signed in the early days by circumstance (I think signed 8-bit could be extended to 16 bits more ...

Oct 13, 2021 · The spec explicitly omits whether it is signed or unsigned, due to C . Treat char as character types only, or pertaining to character encoding.

Oct 21, 2016 · A signed char is tricky to use with EBCDIC (IBM's character set) because it contains 255 characters, thus making use of “negative” values.

Apr 20, 2023 · It's an integer type that supports modulo arithmetic. char is neither signed , nor unsigned . In fact, it's signedness is implementation defined ...

Sep 28, 2022 · I thought that casting from a signed char to an unsigned int would basically leave all the bits the same, i.e. the result would be ...

Feb 12, 2019 · If you want to use char to store numbers, you actually should explicitly specify signed char or unsigned char or you're likely to end up with a ...