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Subject: Re: [RFC] Signed/unsigned character arrays are not strings
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From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:59:00 -0000
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Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com> writes:
> Because of the way C works, heuristics about what's textual and what's
> numeric are inevitable here.  Whether or not you like the one I'm
> suggesting, we should definitely consolidate the heuristic in one
> place, so it's consistent.

And what I really want to know is, when I read this thread in Gmail,
why does Google offer me an ad for "Lingerie in Leather"?