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182 points Twirrim | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 22:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.516s | source

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Quekid5 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:17 UTC] No.41874788[source]▶

JF Bastien is a legend for this, haha.

I would be amazed if there's any even remotely relevant code that deals meaningfully with CHAR_BIT != 8 these days.

(... and yes, it's about time.)

1. shawn_w ◴[17 Oct 24 23:28 UTC] No.41874845[source]▶

DSP chips are a common exception that people bring up. I think some TI made ones have 64 bit chars.

Edit: I see TFA mentions them but questions how relevant C++ is in that sort of embedded environment.

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2. Quekid5 ◴[17 Oct 24 23:34 UTC] No.41874898[source]▶

Yes, but you're already in specialized territory if you're using that

C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte